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Most people on the Internet aren't writers, and don't want to spend long minutes of reading text to get an emotional reaction that they can get in an eyeblink b
by phoe-krk 7y ago
Most people on the Internet aren't writers, and don't want to spend long minutes of reading text to get an emotional reaction that they can get in an eyeblink by looking at an emoticon. Literary expression of emotion isn't something easily comparable to emoji.
- papito 7y agoEh, I could just write [wink], or [SAD FACE].
- LocalH 7y agoEmoji are just the evolution of that idea. They're more pleasing to look at, as well.
- papito 7y agoYeah, but now we have to think about it. "Hey, do we have a test for when someone types in an emoji into their credit card number?". Punks.
- giggles_giggles 7y agoThat's a funny example considering an input validation routine for credit cards should automatically throw out any input consisting of more than numerals and spaces. You don't need to test for Unicode or emoji when there are only 11 possibly valid characters in the input.
- LocalH 7y agoOn a tangent, I find it interesting how many people who came up during such a period of profound change as the computing revolution, still have problems with other changes.
- papito 7y agoYes, but the code that actually checks for the valid characters can bomb if Unicode blows its brains out.
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- phoe-krk 7y agoThat's exactly how emoticon placeholders worked in the days of internet forums. Things like :grin:, at least in my mind, get associated with images though; the emoticons have likely already corrupted my brain enough for that to happen.
- ulisesrmzroche 7y ago;) and :( are universal. Yours requires English. [guiñando] [CARA_TRISTE] Now, what the fuck did I say? Can you figure it out? What if I chose different words?