> I like them in chat though. I personally don't like them in chat too much either: I much prefer ":)" or ":(" or ";)" than actual visual it gets turned into —

> I like them in chat though. I personally don't like them in chat too much either: I much prefer ":)" or ":(" or ";)" than actual visual it gets turned into — emojis being so colorful call the attention to them, whereas I simply want to signal the tone in a message — emoticon/emoji is not the core of the message unless that's the only thing I put out. But I am trying to go with the times (not that I had much choice as typing regular emoticons usually gets converted into emojis these days).