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I kind of find the excessive usage of emoticons and such distracting.

eyelidlessness 3y ago
I find it delightful but I understand why others don’t. Given this is such a common complaint specifically about GitHub/similar source hosts’ READMEs, it feels like low hanging fruit for a probably simple browser extension to hide them.
bombcar 3y ago
Stand back! (I do this with ♥, 🩷, 🩵, and 🩶) 🫸🫨🫷 If you have a 🫎 would it rhyme with a 🪿 when there were more than two? Probably shouldn't be a 🫏 to dang; the code just hasn't been updated to filter out the new naughties.
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- crumbshot 3y ago
  You can get a delightful spectrum of colour through the filter as well, using the large square emojis: ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛⬜ ⬜🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛🟥⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛🟥🟧⬜ ⬜🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛🟥🟧🟨⬜ ⬜🟦🟪🟫⬛🟥🟧🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟪🟫⬛🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦⬜ ⬜🟫⬛🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪⬜ ⬜⬛🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ HN pixel art generator, anyone?
  - krapp 3y ago
    As soon as the HN fun police see this they're going to kill it, though.
    - ehPReth 3y ago
      sadly :(. they have a hate-on for emoji for some reason. as does some of HN. time to upgrade from the 80s, folks ;)
      - ddtaylor 3y ago
        I think it's the same reason that excessive bold or ALL CAPS are not enjoyed by most: it's a distraction. Instead of focusing on the content of what is being written. I think icons, just like bold or CAPS, can be used in situations where it adds value (formatting pun intended) - but often times it's poorly used and distracting.
- syockit 3y ago
  I have no idea what you've typed there. All I see is a heart and three boxes. And it doesn't seem that the boxes are decodable either. Whatever it originally was has probably been irreversibly replaced.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    You need to view it with a browser that supports Emojis 15 - https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/ https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/ - a modern phone should work
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I find it delightful but I understand why others don’t. Given this is such a common complaint specifically about GitHub/similar source hosts’ READMEs, it feels like low hanging fruit for a probably simple browser extension to hide them.

bombcar 3y ago

Stand back! (I do this with ♥, 🩷, 🩵, and 🩶) 🫸🫨🫷 If you have a 🫎 would it rhyme with a 🪿 when there were more than two? Probably shouldn't be a 🫏 to dang; the code just hasn't been updated to filter out the new naughties.

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crumbshot 3y ago
You can get a delightful spectrum of colour through the filter as well, using the large square emojis: ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛⬜ ⬜🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛🟥⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛🟥🟧⬜ ⬜🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛🟥🟧🟨⬜ ⬜🟦🟪🟫⬛🟥🟧🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟪🟫⬛🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦⬜ ⬜🟫⬛🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪⬜ ⬜⬛🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ HN pixel art generator, anyone?
- krapp 3y ago
  As soon as the HN fun police see this they're going to kill it, though.
  - ehPReth 3y ago
    sadly :(. they have a hate-on for emoji for some reason. as does some of HN. time to upgrade from the 80s, folks ;)
    - ddtaylor 3y ago
      I think it's the same reason that excessive bold or ALL CAPS are not enjoyed by most: it's a distraction. Instead of focusing on the content of what is being written. I think icons, just like bold or CAPS, can be used in situations where it adds value (formatting pun intended) - but often times it's poorly used and distracting.
syockit 3y ago
I have no idea what you've typed there. All I see is a heart and three boxes. And it doesn't seem that the boxes are decodable either. Whatever it originally was has probably been irreversibly replaced.
- bombcar 3y ago
  You need to view it with a browser that supports Emojis 15 - https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/ https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/ - a modern phone should work

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