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

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  • @Sanctus
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    511 months ago

    Its just the group we have. I use basic ones sometimes. But I also come from a time before emoji existed.

      • @Sanctus
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        211 months ago

        I still have my emoticon copy/paste text file from the ancient times.

        • Corroded
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          11 months ago

          I still test out messaging apps by using this fella

          (_/)

          (0.0)

          (> <)

          I’d be interested to see which ones you have on that file

          Edit: Lemmy apparently doesn’t like the rabbit’s formatting

          • my_hat_stinks
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            511 months ago

            It should format properly if you use a code block. This is the bunny I always used to use

              (\ /)
             (^.^ )
            (")(")o
            
          • @[email protected]
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            11 months ago

            either escape the backslash or embed the whole thing in a code block

            (\_/)
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            (> &lt;)
            

            and Markdown insists on breaking anything with a less-than character (considering the preview shows correctly but then you hit “Save”) …

          • @[email protected]
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            211 months ago

            You can escape formatting by adding a backslash in front.

            this is a quote

            > this is an escaped quote

          • @Sanctus
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            111 months ago

            Oh the file itself turned out to be garbage because it was a text file. So it was terrible at preserving spacing and all that. I can upload it when I get home if you want nostalgia more than usability lol I probably used it for a month out of stubbornness before just finding a website that hosts emoticons.

          • BougieBirdie
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            111 months ago

            The rabbit’s left ear looks like it should be a backslash (\_/)

            Backslash is an escape character used in formatting, so if you want to actually display a backslash you need to use two (\\_/)

          • @Sanctus
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            111 months ago

            Unfortunately I have made myself a liar. I must have deleted it a while back.

            https://emotes.io/ has what you are looking for though.