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Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?
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this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2023
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I don't like to have to press a button, then search for an emoji. Emoticons are faster to write, I mostly use the
:),:/, etc.I changed that in Mastodon, for example. Someone told me that screen readers have trouble reading emoticons, so I mostly use stickers or emojis there.
That's very thoughtful of you colon right parenthesis
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