Texfaces

They're called Kaomoji btw.

https://www.unicodepedia.com/kaomoji/

I do not use emojis.

I use text emoticons like I always have :D

this one. only this one:

(・へ・)

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

(－‸ლ)

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

ಠ_ಠ

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

xDˣᴰ

big fan of the old school blob emoji with cat ears

Personally, I'm OK with emoji as long as you don't spam them (3+ times the same emoji is spamming imo)

1 emoji for a normal expression

2 emoji for a heavy expression

3 emoji is still acceptable but my personal limit of tolerance

You can't go wrong with a table flips (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

they just make me (ノ｀´)ノ ~┻━┻

and then I like to ─=≡Σ((((╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Instance admins can add images to be used as emojis via the emoji picker.

All of the above.

I resisted using emojis for a long time, but I changed jobs during Covid and was working from home permanently. I suddenly worked with a bunch of people I had never met before, and I realized that these people don't know my demeanor, so they don't know how to read my tone. I found emojis are almost necessary to convey tone in this situation. And after that, it kinda stuck.

3 emojis that complete a thought like:

🛩️💥🥂

I'm a fan of emojis that I can hear.

Regular emoji is just easier. But I do have a keyboard shortcut for the ¯\(ツ)/¯ which is my main textface, if annoying to edit his arm back in

None and I installed an emoji blocked on firefox.

I read somewhere that proper emojis are more accessible for screen readers, so I've avoided using the old style smiley versions and textmojis ever since.

I am old school :)

My usage is fairly restricted:

• old school :^) for non-sarcastic irony
• (¬¬) for eye rolling
• shorthand emojis (e.g. if talking about Stardew Valley, instead of "the four hearts event" I might type "the 4♥ event")
• as a way to avoid a specific word for metalinguistic reasons (e.g. "⟨dog⟩ is the signifier, 🐶 is the signified")

Old school smileys :-) because My Keyboard app doesn't have a emoji board.

I like the classic ಠᴗಠ text faces

My keyboard has a built in text face keyboard

( ≧∀≦)ノ

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️