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> I use the thumbs-up to quickly say "OK", too, but only with my friends. Depending on the age of your friends and the context, that could be causing misunders

> I use the thumbs-up to quickly say "OK", too, but only with my friends. Depending on the age of your friends and the context, that could be causing misunderstandings too. "Thumbs-up emoji" can be read as a very passive-aggressive response outside of a work setting! The important thing though is that words also cause confusion; emoji aren't uniquely ambiguous. Ideal communication is multi-modal; emoji are very often used to clarify the meaning of text.

JohnFen 2y ago
> Depending on the age of your friends and the context, that could be causing misunderstandings too. That's why I only use it with my friends. The meaning in my social circle is very clear because we all use it for exactly the same purpose. Of course emojis aren't the only ambiguous communications. Words can be as well, although you can almost completely eliminate ambiguity with words. It's hard to do that with emojis. > emoji are very often used to clarify the meaning of text. My observations are that outside of the most basic emojis, they are more likely to confuse me than to clarify. I really do, 100%, understand why people use emojis. Honest. I'm not saying they're bad and shouldn't be used. I'm just saying that (outside of the basic ones) I find them to be misleading and confusing so much that I don't dare use them and gave up putting in the work trying to decipher ones when their meaning isn't immediately obvious to me. No harm done. People can use emojis all they want, and when people use them with me, I certainly don't comment about it. I'm often not fully understanding their meaning, but that's actually fine. If it's something important, they're very likely to say it in other ways as well.
- digging 2y ago
  Fair enough, I only don't know if I agree with: > although you can almost completely eliminate ambiguity with words But maybe I'm just not skilled enough to do so :)

JohnFen 2y ago

> Depending on the age of your friends and the context, that could be causing misunderstandings too. That's why I only use it with my friends. The meaning in my social circle is very clear because we all use it for exactly the same purpose. Of course emojis aren't the only ambiguous communications. Words can be as well, although you can almost completely eliminate ambiguity with words. It's hard to do that with emojis. > emoji are very often used to clarify the meaning of text. My observations are that outside of the most basic emojis, they are more likely to confuse me than to clarify. I really do, 100%, understand why people use emojis. Honest. I'm not saying they're bad and shouldn't be used. I'm just saying that (outside of the basic ones) I find them to be misleading and confusing so much that I don't dare use them and gave up putting in the work trying to decipher ones when their meaning isn't immediately obvious to me. No harm done. People can use emojis all they want, and when people use them with me, I certainly don't comment about it. I'm often not fully understanding their meaning, but that's actually fine. If it's something important, they're very likely to say it in other ways as well.

digging 2y ago
Fair enough, I only don't know if I agree with: > although you can almost completely eliminate ambiguity with words But maybe I'm just not skilled enough to do so :)