• Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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      9 months ago

      Contrariwise to your blatant assumption, I’m not proposing a system where users can edit each others’ posts. I’m just toying with the idea of word filters, not too different from the ones that already exist for slurs in Lemmy.

      For example. If you write [insert slur here], it gets replaced with removed. What if it replaced emojis with “I’m braindead.”? That’s it.

      (Before yet another assumer starts doing its shit: the idea is not too serious.)

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          9 months ago

          They would be less obnoxious if used sparingly, but they wouldn’t be effective unless the reason why they’re used changed, from graphical echo (“I saw a cat today 🐱”) and mood/attitude particles (like you did) to ideographic usage (e.g. “I saw a 🐱 today”). Plus they’re still colourful and attention-grabbing drawings within text, they detract attention from the text itself.

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            9 months ago

            Can’t distractions from the text sometimes be exactly what you want?

            And have you seen an emoji perfectly complete a meme when being used for mood? How about convey lighthearted intent when discussing a serious subject?

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              9 months ago

              They can but most of the time they aren’t. That’s the key here: most of the time emojis only add noise, to the point that the shreds of legitimate usage (that can be conveyed through other means) don’t really justify keeping the cons of the noise.

              It isn’t like anyone would implement my idea though. I’m mostly doing like that old man screaming at the sky, or something like this.

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                  7 months ago

                  What is the point that you’re trying to convey by relexing “old man screaming at the sky” to use emojis?

                  If the point is that “they could be used to convey meaning”: I’ve already addressed it. Usually, they aren’t. (If the point is something else, please clarify.)

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                    7 months ago

                    Wouldn’t you agree the perfect reply to:

                    Emoji are pretty dumb, but I guess I’m just an old fart about it.

                    …is a string of emoji? :)