Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?

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  • can@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Emoji are specifically these originally from Japan: 😃🤫👋🌐🥥

    Emoticons are made from other characters, usually punctjation: :), o_O, ;_; etc

    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I hate to defer to a random comment because as is well established, Einstein famously said “don’t believe everything you read on the internet”… but the dictionary has to be deferred to, and it backs up your comment. I stand corrected, thanks for the info!