Comment on Why 🤷♂️ do users 👨💻 dislike 👎 the use ✅ of emojis 😀 on Lemmy 🐭?
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agoThey are not objectively better or worse overall, though one or the other may be objectively better in individual contexts.
Individual people may prefer one over the other, though. I am one of them.
Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
In what context where both are available are emoticons objectively better?
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
This one (^o^;)
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Well, if you’re typing on a computer as opposed to a phone, for instance, it’s typically a lot easier to type out an emoticon as opposed to an emoji. Therefore, emoticons would likely be objectively better.
Likewise, if you’re typing on a smartphone, most people have an emoji drawer they can pop open in a jiffy and choose what they want. Then again, even then it depends on what crowd you’re in: some people honestly just prefer emoticons because it’s what they grew up with, like me; others prefer emoji, for varying reasons.
Most instances where one is objectively better suited than the other are based on subjective criteria.