Emojis as a Form of Response

JBR said:
Personally, I don't think using a laughing emoji as a response to a "sad" event in the past, would necessarily mean contempt on the part of the responder. I suppose it could, but I wouldn't use it that way. For example, it might simply mean were responding to what the person was describing as some long-ago sad or frustrating experience of a type most of us have also had. I'm not referring to something truly tragic.

And so we're simply seeing it as an aspect of life, one of those hitches or hiccups we tend to have in life. Growing pains. A rose garden involves a thorn or two.
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I suppose there can be circumstances wherein a poster is describing a sad event, but in a humorous way such that they can now laugh about it, and then so can you.

That's not really what I'm referring to here though. I'm talking about putting a laughing emoji on a death notice, for instance.

Or "laughing" at a post to express, literally, that you find the content laughable.
 
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OldFeller said:
Thats an interesting question. On another forum they did ask the admin to add some. I rarely used the ones they added.

Heres their options:

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From left to right:
Like
Helpful
Love
Smile
Hugs
Ha-ha
Wow
Face palm (a good one for puns)
Sad
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I like the check and the face palm! I'd use that one, the face palm, to express sympathy for something silly or annoying that happened to a poster and as @CallMeKate, mentioned. It's perfect.

EDIT: Do I even need to say?
 
CallMeKate said:
The only time I've seen that was when it was done by mistake when a hug or sad face was intended. Happened to me just once, and I was appalled when I realized what happened.
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Yes, I think that's got to almost always be a mistake. There was that one guy, but I think he was banned for bad behavior. Which, you know, good then.
 
I have trouble interpreting the WOW emoji. To me it says “WOW – that was unbelievable ” usually with a negative connotation. It’s really hard to interpret what the poster may actually have wanted to convey when they use it.

From Emojipedia:
A yellow face with small, open eyes and a large, round mouth, clack with surprise or shock, as if saying Wow! or Oh my!. May convey such feelings as awe or disbelief, often milder or more ironic in tone than the Face screaming in fear emoji.
 
Il a lot of people don't realise there are more than just a few emoji's here .. for those who don't...click on the little face above.. as you would normally then Scroll down.. there's loads....

Still tho' I do think there should be a couple of different ones added to the basic ones we all use... particlalrly the ''wow... because it can be taken different ways...

personally I use it.. to act with great surprise at a story...

but I see that some people think it's a negative emoji...

I also think there's should be something between ''like''.. and love'''.. I don't necessarily love something.. but I may think it's better than just LIKE..so to fill in that gap sometimes I'll use the ''wow'' emoticon...

With the 'like '' I often use it just to let the poster know that their post has been read.. and not ignored.. doesn't mean I necessarily like the post particularly, or conversely..I may think it's an oustanding post... but the ''love'' or ''hug' posts is not appropriate yet it's all we have more than the ''like''
 
hollydolly said:
Il a lot of people don't realise there are more than just a few emoji's here .. for those who don't...click on the little face above.. as you would normally then Scroll down.. there's loads....

Still tho' I do think there should be a couple of different ones added to the basic ones we all use... particlalrly the ''wow... because it can be taken different ways...

personally I use it.. to act with great surprise at a story...

but I see that some people think it's a negative emoji...

I also think there's should be something between ''like''.. and love'''.. I don't necessarily love something.. but I may think it's better than just LIKE..so to fill in that gap sometimes I'll use the ''wow'' emoticon...

With the 'like '' I often use it just to let the poster know that their post has been read.. and not ignored.. doesn't mean I necessarily like the post particularly, or conversely..I may think it's an oustanding post... but the ''love'' or ''hug' posts is not appropriate yet it's all we have more than the ''like''
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Here. Have a thumbs up meaning I completely agree.👍
 
hollydolly said:
reactions?.. you mean the like, love, hug, buttons..emoticons, smilies ''reactions''.. these ? (y) :) :love::rolleyes::eek::LOL:😲
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I think @CallMeKate is talking about the 8 choices when you hover over the "Like" button in bottom right of a post ...

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Medusa said:
I’ve been using a lot of hugs and hearts lately… and then wondering if I’m using too many hearts and hugs. Which has led me to thinking about how, in a forum setting, emojis can be a surprisingly powerful communication tool.

For example, putting a laughing face on a post with sad or tragic news. Or, putting a laughing face on a post to express contempt.

We had a member here for a short time, recently, who created an entire persona using only emojis. (I’m not saying it was a likeable persona.)

Expanding, the WOW emoji we use (which I think is the only one available in the emoji world) seems to express a sort of, “unhappy surprise,” where sometimes what I want to convey is a more nonjudgemental, general, sense of surprise.

Of course, I know I can simply reply to a given post and write out my emotional response and I do that sometimes, but often, it simply isn’t warranted.

Or this, does anyone else, on reading through a thread and subsequently putting up multiple, “likes,” begin to feel like, having liked so many, if they don’t then like all the posts, they are now inadvertently making a statement about the posts they didn’t, “like?”

I notice emojis, the ones others use, and I pay close (possibly too close) attention to my own.

It’s possible I’m getting way too deep, within my own head, into the emoji thing.

But I feel like a lot can be conveyed, intentionally or not, with these little faces.
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Emoji's help define what's being said in online communication that's typically without the benefit of seeing a speaker's face or hearing their voice.

That said, sometimes emojis can confuse the issue, like when someone chooses a :mad: emoji, which leaves the recipient wondering- is that person mad about the content of my post, or do they hate my guts??? :cry:
 
Nathan said:
Emoji's help define what's being said in online communication that's typically without the benefit of seeing a speaker's face or hearing their voice.

That said, sometimes emojis can confuse the issue, like when someone chooses a :mad: emoji, which leaves the recipient wondering- is that person mad about the content of my post, or do they hate my guts??? :cry:
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I agree that's a really annoying one... even if the giver is angry at the written story it always without fail looks like they're angry at the Poster !
 
Nathan said:
Emoji's help define what's being said in online communication that's typically without the benefit of seeing a speaker's face or hearing their voice.

That said, sometimes emojis can confuse the issue, like when someone chooses a :mad: emoji, which leaves the recipient wondering- is that person mad about the content of my post, or do they hate my guts??? :cry:
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Thats why theres never a Dislike button.
 
OldFeller said:
Thats why theres never a Dislike button.
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no we used to have a dislike button but it was used as a form of bullying. People would attack as a clique some poor soul and mark every single thing they posted with the dislike button.... it was horrible to watch..people were hounded... they'd post it was a beautiful day..along comes 10 down thumbed posts... they'd post their dog died.. another 10 down thumbed posts...

It had to go....
 
hollydolly said:
right they're called smilies... and the biggest choice of them is not just that 8 but if you click on the smiley face on the reply box.. there's dozens more to be used
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... Suggesting a reply with dozens of choices would allow the person replying to explain the use of a specific "smilie" or simply to use a specific "smilie" for emphasis to their reply statement. In that case, there may be less confusion or misunderstanding one might experience when simply hovering over the "Like" button, choosing one of the eight(8) "smilies" and moving on without posting a reply explanation.

... now I'm confused. Shoot ;) 🤷‍♂️
 

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