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

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    • @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

        (_/)

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        (> <)

        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.