I don't think it has an explicit "goal", as in someone wondering "How can my code appear more humanizing?" It's just that people somehow enjoy this new new dim

I don't think it has an explicit "goal", as in someone wondering "How can my code appear more humanizing?" It's just that people somehow enjoy this new new dimension of expression in text-only media. It has long been pretty obvious that text lacks the subtlety of face-to-face or voice interactions, and that many problems stem from people misjudging the intended tone of writing. Emojis, while imperfect, may help ;)