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> At best they're just prettier versions of :) and :( Do you really think this? I don't really 'get' emojis but I think you're woefully underestimating their
by lolsal 8y ago
> At best they're just prettier versions of :) and :(
Do you really think this?
I don't really 'get' emojis but I think you're woefully underestimating their impact on communication and language. The emoji library on a normal iPhone is enormous.
- EpicEng 8y ago>Do you really think this? ...yes? >you're woefully underestimating their impact on communication and language. The emoji library on a normal iPhone is enormous What does one have to do with the other? Yes, there are a lot of dumb icons to chose from. How does that directly lead to "[having a] large impact on communication and language"? If that's true, do you think it's a _positive_ impact?
- blt 8y agoHave you ever encountered difficulty conveying or understanding conversational tone over the internet? No? You are lying or lack self-awareness. Voice and body language are important for disambiguating sentences with more than one possible meaning or implication. Emojis approximate the role of voice tone and body language in digital text-based communication.
- EpicEng 8y agoThe discussion is not "are emojis in any form useful?", it's "do icons provide a new and before unrealized form of communication". Literally every person here missed the statement in the first comment.