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

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[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Usually I only use them when I personally know who I'm talking to. Because who knows how a random person will react to an emoji, misunderstanding their meaning, unintentionally or intentionally.

I also sometimes use them to indicate how casual my post is and should not be taken too seriously.