https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/byn3es/whats_the_deal_on_emojis/
created by [deleted] on 09/06/2019 at 18:06 UTC
164 upvotes, 17 top-level comments (showing 17)
I've noticed that compared to other social media, emojis are RARELY used on Reddit whether it be in a post or on comments. So much so that I tend to forget that I have the ability to use them here. Is there some unspoken rule about emojis and the world of Reddit?
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2019 at 18:23 UTC
92 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by -eagle73 at 09/06/2019 at 18:58 UTC
38 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I assumed it was in the vein of most Reddit users hating social media e.g. FaceBook and Instagram, in which you'll prominently see use of emojis.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2019 at 18:08 UTC
52 upvotes, 2 direct replies
They used to be frowned upon here, but I have a completely different experience than you currently. I see them all over the place on reddit.
Comment by kushangaza at 09/06/2019 at 22:37 UTC
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Emojis are mostly about conveying emotion, which is less relevant for a discussion based site like Reddit. In contrast many other social media sites are about *reactions*, not *discussions*.
Nevertheless reddit uses a number of emoticons. Some of the more popular ones are the winking smilie ;), the table flip (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ and it's variations, or the shrug ¯\*(ツ)*/¯, or in the wider sense of the word the sarcasm indicator /s (or the less popular </sarcasm>).
All of these predate popular emoji usage, giving them more time to become part of the shared language of reddit. They also don't stand out in text, a major reason I don't use these bright yellow smilie faces (Reddit has a lot of dark mode users).
Comment by Adam657 at 09/06/2019 at 19:25 UTC
23 upvotes, 4 direct replies
They are sometimes used ironically.
I sometimes use them on some of the series subs like ‘friends’, ‘the Simpsons’ etc as a sort of fun way to describe a plot point which *everyone* in that sub will understand. Example from ‘friends’.
(7️⃣7️⃣7️⃣7️⃣7️⃣7️⃣, 7️⃣7️⃣7️⃣7️⃣! 🖐🏻✌🏻)
But only if it adds comic value.
I’ll rarely be like ‘hahhahahahha! 😂😂😂’ over something. In fact I’ll rarely type ‘hahaha/lol/lmao’ at all as this is similarly hated on reddit, particularly as a low effort comment. It’s more acceptable to wordily explain how much you laughed, as clunky as that sounds - “I roared with laughter at this and now people are staring.” as opposed to ‘lmao! 🤣🤣’
It’s a peculiar culture. And it’s evolving constantly.
Comment by Bardfinn at 09/06/2019 at 19:07 UTC
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Reddit has AutoModerator, an automated technology that will filter or remove posts or comments that contain specific contents.
Part of the standard AutoModerator library, for a long time, has been a snippet of code that filters out comments and posts containing emojis.
A lot of moderator teams don't want to deal with so-called "low-effort" posts and comments, and there are a lot of obnoxious "copypasta" that range from slightly annoying to full-on violating the Reddit Content Policy.
So the AutoModerator code snippet is extremely popular.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2019 at 22:54 UTC
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🤔[thinking emoji] Can be used freely
All of the others can be used for text art or ironically
Comment by Nomekop777 at 10/06/2019 at 04:33 UTC
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I never see them unironically. You get them occasionally in r/copypasta
Comment by Tyler1492 at 09/06/2019 at 20:23 UTC
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Is there some unspoken rule about emojis and the world of Reddit?
There used to be. Now less and less, unfortunately.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2019 at 19:41 UTC
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Comment by bradmeyerlive at 09/06/2019 at 20:14 UTC
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Reaction gifs do the same thing and are the culture of Reddit.
Comment by sim642 at 09/06/2019 at 20:45 UTC
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Can't really type emojis on desktop.
Comment by iglidante at 10/06/2019 at 01:58 UTC
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I missed the boat when emoticons gave way to emojis. How do people even pick emojis, or know what options there are? How do they know what a particular emoji means? I'm in my mid 30s and I still think of emoticons as emotional punctuation in text messages.
Comment by hurricanebrain at 10/06/2019 at 05:55 UTC
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Is "Emoji" not a plural in itself? Like, it's not necessary to put an "s" at end. One Emoji, two Emoji... I know it's off topic but I was curious
Comment by Mr_Piggens at 10/06/2019 at 02:13 UTC
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how could reddit do this 😩 smh my mf head 😤 going 2 b really dissapointed rn 😮 what that emoticon a bowling ball 😂 literally crying rn fam 😭 this whole reddit unicode emoticon thing really makes you think 🤔 share if you agree 👍
Comment by Cdavisn at 10/06/2019 at 01:10 UTC
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Nice post XD 😢😝😰😱🔫😍📨😇😃🙂😇😂🥰😋😕😕🤪😛😟🥳😝😖🤬😑😭🥶👹👿🤠🤑👽. It’s cringy that’s why.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/06/2019 at 18:16 UTC
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