Emojis, emoticons, smilies... Where did they go?
Rossweisse
Hell Host, 8th Day Host
in The Styx
I was not much of a user of smilies, but I did like the candle for prayer threads (and even for the "Cancer Sucks" thread in Hell). Sometimes when someone's news was too bad, another someone could post a candle (or three), and it would help.
I don't miss most of them, but I'm sure others do. Is there a reason that they all went away?
Thanks!
Rossweisse // I'm not dead yet
I don't miss most of them, but I'm sure others do. Is there a reason that they all went away?
Thanks!
Rossweisse // I'm not dead yet
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Sadly, the votive candle is not on the list. So far.
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It's a different sentiment. Candle would be a nice one to get back, if possible. I used it a lot, even in hell.
Perhaps someone could invent a way of saving and storing the emojis e.g. in their Pictures folder?
Still, the votive candle would, I think, be a popular addition in due course.
IJ
A question
It is indeed, and it makes me wonder whether this: ♰ would make a reasonable substitute for the missing votive candle.
Or possibly this: í
The first one is & # 9840 ; and the second one is & # 237 ; both without the spaces.
#deathtosmileys
Smilies work so sod off Rook
(The wink takes out the sting, denotes that I’ve said it with a smile. Words can’t quite do that, I don’t think)
I would remind shipmates at this point, that both being a troll and accusing others of trolling are frowned on by the hosts. That may well extend to the use of the
You assume that the emoticon is taken non-sarcastically, despite the rest of the post being sarcastic. The truth is that there is just as much, if not more ambiguity regarding the meaning of smilies than there is regarding words and grammar. Except that words and grammar can be extended to clarify, whereas adding more smilies just gets more ambiguous.
Smilies are a stupid fad that I wish would die, along with 1337 and TXT abbreviations.
The attempt to take the sting out of 'sod off' (is that even possible?) only works if the reader can see the smilie well enough to recognize the expression on the non-face, and interpret the smilie correctly.
One of the features of the new ship is that we can read on a phone (which I couldn't do on the old software). Even so, the smilies are mostly blobs on mine. Not something that I'd like to rely on for accurate communication.
If the powers-that-be chose to disable the things entirely, I wouldn't miss them at all.
Most of the time I agree with you on this issue, RooK. The votive somehow strikes me as different.
(But yes, on a Certain Social Media site, I have friends - some of them actual friends - who reply to posts with strings of emojis. I want to put on my Encouraging Mommy voice, and say, "Use your words!")
(What's 1337?)
Generally speaking, I prefer evidence of literacy, but I am out of step with the zeitgeist.
Then most of the time you're right.
1337, or "leet" is one quick entry in Google away from being unforgettably burrowed in your mind with no recommendable benefits and undoubtably lowering your opinion of humans. Much like emojis.
Slagging off people who like them and saying you have a low opinion of us isn’t going to stop us liking emojis. I happen to be a very visual person. I don’t even think in words, when I write or type I translate my thoughts into words.
Anyway, I know I’m in a minority here so I won’t persue it.
@RooK - I find l337 useful for adding another layer of obfuscation to passwords - although it has its downside: I may remember what I started with, I don't always recall what did and didn't get changed into l337, and which options I used.
Sorry - I thought it was a New Ship thing that I had somehow missed.
I dislike Google and use DuckDuckGo.com (they don't track or bubble you), but I did lower-case google 1337, and agree with your assessment. Thank you.
Here it means ‘joy’. A fine but real distinction :hmmm:
Welcome to you @questioning. I’d love to know how many lurkers the New Ship has. I’m always fascinated by lurkers. I’m the exact opposite of a lurker, I just have to jump in and say something.
:rolleyes: (I miss that emoji!)
I was going to say "Et moi aussi," but I don't want to violate rules on foreign languages. So I'll just say "Me too."
Ditto. No offense, but I really don't like emojis--these, or any other. I'm not on social media. (Well, *this* is my social media. ) And the old emoticons are blessedly 2D. The new ones are leaning towards 3D. And it's hard to figure out what they are, when they've shrunk down into a post. To me, the winkie looks on the edge of tears.
Would there be any way to just add the old emoticons to the database/folder that holds the new emojis?
:angel:
Thx.
Welcome to the club. Because you've earned it, I hereby grant you the ability to not use emojis - these, or any others, on the SoF. As a codicil of that, you are expected to look down on those who do with smug superiority. Though it would be appreciated if you didn't blather on about it or try to make anybody feel bad¹.
¹ That's my job.
How did you DO that, O RooK?
Step 2: Insert the special character where you'd like to make a snarky footnote.
Step 3: Copy the <color> and <size> codes I used to make it look all foot-notey.