Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons? - eviltoast

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

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  • not_amm@beehaw.org
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    11 months ago

    I don’t like to have to press a button, then search for an emoji. Emoticons are faster to write, I mostly use the :), :/, etc.

    I changed that in Mastodon, for example. Someone told me that screen readers have trouble reading emoticons, so I mostly use stickers or emojis there.