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Off topic: Perhaps it's just me, but I have a pet peeve about emojis in anything formal. Even before LLMs, I instinctively took a repo less seriously when READM

Off topic: Perhaps it's just me, but I have a pet peeve about emojis in anything formal. Even before LLMs, I instinctively took a repo less seriously when README.md had emojis in every section. And now LLMs have popularized that style, it's the first signal for me to vibe-detect AI repos. I do use emojis. I love them, actually, but only in message apps.

thenthenthen 4mo ago
Or SSID’s
geophph 4mo ago
Not just you!
Affric 4mo ago
Emoji are fun to use because they make written communication more human… corporations or LLMs using them just comes off as insincere.
- ErigmolCt 4mo ago
  Emoji work well when they feel like a tiny bit of personality leaking through the text
bombcar 4mo ago
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frollogaston 4mo ago
I don't like to see them anywhere. They were cool for a while back in version 1.0 when there were a few that everyone knew and used in creative ways, before Apple* decided to make so many that you need a search bar. It's kinda like Pokémon. At this point I only get them in text messages from old people. * yeah I know technically the Unicode Consortium, but Apple pushed it hard
- stouset 4mo ago
  Emoji (and their predecessor, emoticons) are IMO the greatest new feature for written language that has happened in generations. Eschewing them is certainly a choice you can make, but I personally think it's a poor one. Authors can now bundle emotional sentiment in text communication. Not being able to do this in the past was usually just an annoyance but could occasionally turn out to be extremely problematic. Countless miscommunications have occurred due to recipients not correctly interpreting an author's tone, and we now have a tool that can help reduce or potentially eliminate those misunderstandings. It's early days, so we're still seeing teething issues: different emoji sets conveying subtly different cues and evolving social norms around their use. But they have incredible potential.
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  - hollerith 4mo ago
    And yet you are here, a site completely devoid of emoji.
    - stouset 4mo ago
      Because the social norms of this place currently discourage it. I also don’t use contractions in formal writing settings. Does that make them bad?
      - hollerith 4mo ago
        I think the site owner actively filters them out and has been doing so ever since you joined this site in 2011. But no matter the reason for the complete lack of emoji, the fact that you like this site enough to participate here is evidence that emoji don't actually improve public discussion as much as you think they would. There are many many sites on which you could have chosen to participate where emoji are common and can be used freely.
ErigmolCt 4mo ago
Emoji themselves aren't the problem. It's more that context changes the meaning completely
zzo38computer 4mo ago
I do not use emoji and I do not have (and do not want) colourful emoji on my computer (emoji as ordinary text characters would be acceptable for the purpose of displaying texts that have emoji, but I don't really need to that much, even if the texts have them, so I can do without that, too). The reason does not have to do with AI; I think that things can rarely be explained better with emoji, and is usually better to explain by text, and sometimes also diagrams will help (for computer programs, having good documentation is very helpful). (I also don't like Unicode.)

thenthenthen 4mo ago

Or SSID’s

geophph 4mo ago

Not just you!

Affric 4mo ago

Emoji are fun to use because they make written communication more human… corporations or LLMs using them just comes off as insincere.

ErigmolCt 4mo ago
Emoji work well when they feel like a tiny bit of personality leaking through the text

bombcar 4mo ago

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frollogaston 4mo ago

I don't like to see them anywhere. They were cool for a while back in version 1.0 when there were a few that everyone knew and used in creative ways, before Apple* decided to make so many that you need a search bar. It's kinda like Pokémon. At this point I only get them in text messages from old people. * yeah I know technically the Unicode Consortium, but Apple pushed it hard

stouset 4mo ago
Emoji (and their predecessor, emoticons) are IMO the greatest new feature for written language that has happened in generations. Eschewing them is certainly a choice you can make, but I personally think it's a poor one. Authors can now bundle emotional sentiment in text communication. Not being able to do this in the past was usually just an annoyance but could occasionally turn out to be extremely problematic. Countless miscommunications have occurred due to recipients not correctly interpreting an author's tone, and we now have a tool that can help reduce or potentially eliminate those misunderstandings. It's early days, so we're still seeing teething issues: different emoji sets conveying subtly different cues and evolving social norms around their use. But they have incredible potential.
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- hollerith 4mo ago
  And yet you are here, a site completely devoid of emoji.
  - stouset 4mo ago
    Because the social norms of this place currently discourage it. I also don’t use contractions in formal writing settings. Does that make them bad?
    - hollerith 4mo ago
      I think the site owner actively filters them out and has been doing so ever since you joined this site in 2011. But no matter the reason for the complete lack of emoji, the fact that you like this site enough to participate here is evidence that emoji don't actually improve public discussion as much as you think they would. There are many many sites on which you could have chosen to participate where emoji are common and can be used freely.

ErigmolCt 4mo ago

Emoji themselves aren't the problem. It's more that context changes the meaning completely

zzo38computer 4mo ago

I do not use emoji and I do not have (and do not want) colourful emoji on my computer (emoji as ordinary text characters would be acceptable for the purpose of displaying texts that have emoji, but I don't really need to that much, even if the texts have them, so I can do without that, too). The reason does not have to do with AI; I think that things can rarely be explained better with emoji, and is usually better to explain by text, and sometimes also diagrams will help (for computer programs, having good documentation is very helpful). (I also don't like Unicode.)