Sure. This is not Reddit. π€€
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Reddit's hatred of emojis was completely asinine. The only thing I could ever get anyone to say was that they hated emojis because they made people seem immature. But to my mind, caring that much and enforcing your thoughts on something immature is really immature. I posed the question about a month ago about why that was as early Redditfugees were asking how we could make Lemmy a better place, culturally, than Reddit ever was, and someone suggested that women use emojis more than men, and it was a way to gate keep Reddit's misogynistic culture. I'm not at all convinced of that, but it was interesting conceptually. Ultimately, I think where I fall is on the immaturity thing. People are so desperate to be seen as mature that they'll shitpost a lame joke that everyone, including themselves, know is lame, and bully people for using emoji. It's average 13-14 year old behavior
The only thing I could ever get anyone to say was that they hated emojis because they made people seem immature.
Depending on context, that can be a legitimate objection against using them. On the other hand, when used sparingly I don't mind them, I even see them being used internally at my work in a corporate environment. I am still not a fan of emojis on platforms like Lemmy depending on how they are used though. I just wrote a different comment about this and then saw yours, in order to not repeat myself: https://beehaw.org/comment/608537
Hopefully this is a bit more of an explanation that does make sense. π
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Wow, that is really fancy confetti. Isn't that the fanciest confetti emoji you've ever seen?
Yes, and each instance can even have its own custom emojis
Wait really?? That's cool x_x
How do I see if my instance has custom emojis? Do I have to nag my admin to add new emojis? Exciting!! π€―
Edit: can I just... upload it? Let me try
I mean it works, but it isn't the same thing :(
Wait, how do you do that??? Get access to/make your own custom emojis? We need some Beemojis here π
How do I see if my instance has custom emojis?
On the browser, you can just click the emoji button. β
Do I have to nag my admin to add new emojis?
Yes.
Can I use another instance's emojis?
Seems like the answer is yes.
Can I see a list of emojis from all instances, maybe searchable?
Isn't that just markdown images?
Looks like it is, also looks like you can basically inline link any image you want. Which.... isn't ideal actually for a variety of reasons.
No I am curious what will happen if I try to use a really big image....
Edit: Good, at least Lemmy doesn't allow it to break the page layout :)
Can I see a list of emojis from all instances, maybe searchable?
I hope the devs make it possible.
I feel like emojis can serve as useful tone markers. Like /s but for many different emotions and intentions than just sarcasm. βItβs raining today πβ comes off differently than βitβs raining today πβ does.
I also feel some people just use them for visual noise, and because emojis are βthe thing the kids doβ semi-relevant emojis get spammed where they arenβt needed. For example, βlook at my cat ππ±πΎβ. That annoys me. I admit maybe itβs just annoyance with no actual reasoning behind it. It might be annoyance a lot of other people share given how unpopular emojis were on Reddit.
I donβt think we need to be as emojiphobic as Reddit, but we probably β donβt π want them spammed βοΈβοΈβοΈβπ everywhere πππ either.
I don't mean to offend but maybe it's time for c/lostlemmur or something like that
Why is this post in the FOSS community? This is more about culture than technology. π€¨
Asking the real questions
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I like using emoticons. β―ββΎββ― but yeah, I don't see why not! It's helpful when it comes to deciphering the 'tone' of someone's message. There are times it's really easy to misinterpret someone as being kind or malicious... Since we're all just text on a screen.
Someone else on the thread mentioned accessibility issues, at least with animated emojis. That's probably the only concern I have.
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I know I am! 
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I'm not used to use emojis while I'm using a computer. But I like that the comment box has a selection of emojis.
By the way, I commented a similar topic on Mastodon. And I say the same. This is better than Discord, because you don't have to pay to use some emojis.
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let me test this 
oh yep it works
for any of you guys wondering how to use it, just use
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