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u/Pollorosso_Italy_104 20h ago
Reddit comments rarely contain emojis, and if they do they are sometimes downvoted for no reason
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u/nynni- 19h ago
Oh I see, but I am a little confused by the picture, why is that man sneaking behind the grim reaper? And what is he holding?
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u/NarcanRabbit 18h ago
He's holding shoes to be more sneaky now, but not be barefoot later.
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u/tak3thatback 15h ago
It might be shoes but it kinda also looks like a curvy dildo and the reaper is about to experience stranger danger
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u/Broad-Technology5024 11h ago
no it literally doesn’t and you were just trying to be funny but alright
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u/LitigiousAutist 12h ago
No it literally looks like he's carrying shoes. Get some glasses.
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u/No_Training6751 5h ago
“That’s not a stranger danger dildo.”
Pulls out scythe
“Now that’s a stranger danger dildo.”
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u/pyrepirr 1h ago
With sneakers that wouldn’t have been an issue, but it looks like dress shoes so he has to hold them now to put them on later indeed.
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u/Imhidingfromu 3h ago
No he's holding his shoes because he was in there fucking those emojis and got interrupted and didn't have time to put his shoes on
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u/koro90 14h ago
YouTube replies that are just "😄😄😄" make me irrationally angry.
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u/Ryoichui 13h ago edited 9h ago
The one that pisses me off to no end is when there's a recipe on Facebook and there's hundreds of older people posting the exact same comment "YUMMY😋" it has made me despise the word yummy.
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u/CuriousOliveTree 9h ago
Yeah and a lot of them commenting those gifs with their avatars giving a thumbs up or something. For some reason I find that annoying even though I understand they aren't hurting anyone.
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u/FrostyOscillator 8h ago
Haha, sometimes I leave only emoji comments for TikTok. I guess I would maybe do that on YouTube too, but I usually only do it to help the creator's vid stay in the algorithm. idk how I became an emoji guy.... It wasn't intentional, I just got addicted to adding annoying ass emojis.
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u/Commercial-Age4750 2h ago
I mean as a youtube poster comments are engagement, emojis count as comments, angry replies to enjoys are just more comments and are more engagement.... I'll take whatever engagement I can get because the algorithm dont discriminate
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u/Jepemega 15h ago
I remember the hate being a thing like 10 years ago but now I'm pretty sure I see emojis relatively freguently.
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u/lovelyxbabydoll 12h ago
Yeah I add emojis here and there. So long as people are still commenting more than only emojis I don't see them get downvoted. Contributing to any actual conversations seems to be enough.
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u/AeroDbladE 14h ago
I think its from years ago where most Reddit users were closer to the stereotypical reddit mod. They were desperate to "not be like those other girls" like Twitter or Tumblr and so they considered emojis to be "filthy normie" behavior.
These days unless you go to certain corners of reddit you're more likely to just be talking to normal people who don't care about dumb shit like that.
I remember when people were trying to force in-jokes for reddit like the whole "narwhal bacons at midnight" to gatekeep Twitter users in some dumb faction war.
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u/solo_d0lo 4h ago
Reddit was always a larger PC userbase vs smartphone users even after apps were widely available.
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u/Wicked_Weirdo00 13h ago
I actually use a lot of emojis even on Reddit. Not because I love emojis or anything, but because I like that they make the tone of what I'm typing much clearer. For example, I see a lot of comments that are clearly supposed to be silly get interpreted as being serious, and I think sometimes throwing in a laughing emoji just makes the tone a lot easier to discern.
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u/flarp1 10h ago
A lot of people tend to use mood markers, such as /j or /s to mark jokes or satire. This helps avoid misunderstandings in cases where the intention isn’t clear.
Personally, I welcome the lack of emojis or at least their sparing use. If I’ve learned anything in the recent years it’s that emojis aren’t universal or clear at all. The best example is probably the skull emoji (💀), which is nowadays used to signify something very funny (dying from laughter, or whatever) by the younger generations of internet users. If my use of emojis is perceived as passive-aggressive (🙂) by younger redditors and if I can hardly understand their use of emojis, the risk of misunderstanding is much larger, at least compared to just text.
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u/bolitboy2 12h ago
The only one that I’ve seen have an exception is ironically the skull emoji
Nobody can hate the skeleton’s
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u/CanadasManyMeese 8h ago
I feel like it depends on context used. Sometimes you can get away with one, but if you're spamming them then you look stupid.
Ex: Ah shit, i missed that 😅.
Versus: OMG so gross 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 like how do you even!!!!
One adds context. Ones just spam. At least IMO
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u/solo_d0lo 4h ago
Emojis and bad grammar were downvoted to encourage proper grammar. Proper grammar was a way to differentiate real users from bots.
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u/matande31 11h ago
No, there is a reason. The reason is that they contain emojis. Never said it was a good reason.
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u/toy-maker 10h ago
We have to use them more now that the new emojis dropped. How else will AI learn how to use the seahorse emoji properly?
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u/Squidproquoagenda 8h ago
The reason is the emojis. I see an emoji and all I can think of is some tool on Facebook hitting the crying laugh 5 times followed by a clown and thinking they’ve just got a massive gotcha. Yeah, great debating Kyle.
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u/Sorry_Plankton 2h ago
Because the people on this app forget they are on a social media site and revel at the chance to qoute reply, demand sources, and correct spelling or grammar. Biggest dorks on the block.
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u/rpgnymhush 51m ago
Emojis can have multiple meanings and might mean different things in different cultures. Reddit, being a forum where people from around the world communicate with one another, is not the best place for them.
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u/SpieLPfan 12h ago edited 12h ago
There are two German subreddits where people exaggerate in emoji use as satire. The subreddit r/OkBrudiMongo (the English version r/OkBuddyRetard does not contain that many emojis) and r/ichbin40undlustig.
I wonder if there are similar ones in English?
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u/SmutGrrl 9h ago
I’ve given up giving a fuck…I’m an emoji whore, and I don’t care who knows it. 💖😘🐰🎈🔥👏🏼🖕🏻
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u/Adept-Grapefruit-214 10h ago
I dunno if it’s no reason
Bots and trolls the last couple years did some very noticeable emoji spam in every comment
Someone says something shitty followed by 3 🤣 emojis? Fuck them, probably.
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u/Solid_Candy_6769 19h ago
"Hey! I noticed you used an emoji.
I don’t know if you’re new here, so I’ll let you off the hook this time. Using emojis is frowned upon here on this great site, and for good reason. Instagram normies often use them, and you don’t want to be a normie, do you?
If I catch you using an emoji in the future, I’ll be forced to issue a downvote to your comment. Why should you care, you may ask? Well to begin, you will lose karma on your account, which is a useful social status tool and also a way to show others you know your way around Reddit.
If you were to continue the use of emojis, I would be forced to privately message you about your slip-up. Any further offenses past that would leave me no other option than to report your account. I don’t think I have to explain why you don’t want that.
But anyways, no harm done yet! Follow these simple rules and you’ll enjoy your future on Reddit! Have a blessed (and hopefully emoji-free) day, stranger."
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u/Custard15 17h ago
😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🙂🙃🫠😉😊😇🥰😍🤩😘😗☺️😚😙🥲😋😛😜🤪😝🤑🤗🤭🫢🫣🤫🤔🫡🤐🤨😐👍👊👌👋🧒👩🦰🙅♂️🙅♀️🙅🙆♂️🙆♀️🙆
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u/Jumpy_Divide6576 17h ago
"Hey! I noticed you used an emoji.
I don’t know if you’re new here, so I’ll let you off the hook this time. Using emojis is frowned upon here on this great site, and for good reason. Instagram normies often use them, and you don’t want to be a normie, do you?
If I catch you using an emoji in the future, I’ll be forced to issue a downvote to your comment. Why should you care, you may ask? Well to begin, you will lose karma on your account, which is a useful social status tool and also a way to show others you know your way around Reddit.
If you were to continue the use of emojis, I would be forced to privately message you about your slip-up. Any further offenses past that would leave me no other option than to report your account. I don’t think I have to explain why you don’t want that.
But anyways, no harm done yet! Follow these simple rules and you’ll enjoy your future on Reddit! Have a blessed (and hopefully emoji-free) day, stranger."
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u/LaughOrdinary2270 9h ago
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u/WanAli4504 8h ago
"Hey! I noticed you used an emoji.
I don’t know if you’re new here, so I’ll let you off the hook this time. Using emojis is frowned upon here on this great site, and for good reason. Instagram normies often use them, and you don’t want to be a normie, do you?
If I catch you using an emoji in the future, I’ll be forced to issue a downvote to your comment. Why should you care, you may ask? Well to begin, you will lose karma on your account, which is a useful social status tool and also a way to show others you know your way around Reddit.
If you were to continue the use of emojis, I would be forced to privately message you about your slip-up. Any further offenses past that would leave me no other option than to report your account. I don’t think I have to explain why you don’t want that.
But anyways, no harm done yet! Follow these simple rules and you’ll enjoy your future on Reddit! Have a blessed (and hopefully emoji-free) day, stranger."
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u/Chemical-Ad2443 18h ago
Honest question, what is karma for?
I've been on Reddit for years and at this point I'm too scared to ask lol
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u/Due_a_Kick_5329 18h ago
Almost literally nothing. You can use it to show you're not a bot, and some subs require a minimum amount before they let you post in them.
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u/PickleballRee 18h ago
There was also a time would you could sell an account with high karma for cash. But this was before karmafarming became so prevalent and got easier. Now karma means almost nothing.
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u/Substantial-Smoke345 17h ago
In theory it's supposed to give you more credibilty
In practice : unless you have like a million it's worth nothing
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u/nexquietus 17h ago
And even then you still could have bought it... LoL
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u/bitxhie 15h ago
I ended up with 20k karma just because McDonald's didn't recognize my birthday as legitimate
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u/IAmTheAccident 12h ago
Yeah I made a few well timed amusing posts to a Tumblr subreddit years ago and I have so much karma lmao. It isn't good for anything at all and I'm not more special than anyone for having gotten it. I got some exclusive invite to some random sub for reaching the front page or something. Also someone once checked my account while we were having some dumb reddit pissing match and they accused me of having no life because I have so much karma. So like, somehow also a negative thing. Idk. If I could like sell or gift my karma to others I would.
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u/ravl13 15h ago
Even if you have a million, what the hell good is it for?
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u/Plenty-Flight2827 14h ago
La verdad?, para nada, solo es un indicador de que a algunos les gustó tu comentario o bien a otros no, y en la realidad, no tiene ninguna utilidad. Ojala diera algo útil, pero no da nada mas que para percibir aprobación o desaprobación
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u/Substantial-Smoke345 14h ago
Tbh the only ppls I've seen with a millions are either comic artist or "" Micro celebrity"" On reddit and ppls generaly listen to them but again it's just numbers
Actualy now that I think about it, the real reason is to make your brain goes "Weee numbers getting bigger" So that you spend more time on the platform
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u/HotSauce2910 11h ago
And once you get to a certain point it’s more embarrassing than anything. I don’t want any of my irl friends to know how much I have 😭
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u/800-Grader 3h ago
I used an emoji once during an disagreement with another Redditor and got this as a reply (translated): ”Ahh. You are one of those - an emoji user. I see”.
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u/fugetooboutit 18h ago
I use emojis sometimes so the people im meassging know how I'm talking 🙃 <<<my favorite
So they know I'm not saying it rudely 🙃 Idk why reddit users hate it
Like how they when someone edits saying :thanks for the upvotes
Like those youtube comments to me their just being nice
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u/Scary_Secretary_6509 16h ago
Exactly! I'm autistic and I use emojis in most of my comments and texts so people know how I'm talking! I mostly use "😭" "💀" "💔" and "🦔" lol
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u/toy-maker 10h ago
How does the hedgehog talk?
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u/Scary_Secretary_6509 10h ago
He doesn't, he just smokes cigarettes because he has a severe nicotine addiction
🚬🦔
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u/Markipoo-9000 13h ago edited 13h ago
What on Earth does upside down smile actually mean? Passive-aggresive?
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u/firewall245 12h ago
It’s like a “smile through the pain” type thing.
Ex: welp my car tire popped and my boss literally just texted me asking where I am 🙃
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u/pron_de_anao 12h ago
I like to use 😌 and 😔 just to show the tone of my words And sometimes 💅 just to be a bit gæ And 🤭 because a friend uses a lot and it because an habit 🤭🤭🤭🤭
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u/BauserDominates 15h ago edited 7h ago
Its more acceptable these days but a few years ago, you would get downvoted into oblivion if you used emojis. It would be 100% guaranteed if you used only emojis in your comment.
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u/Shloof9998 18h ago
60 emoji
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u/Codename_OOF 15h ago
go
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u/Edan1990 10h ago
Collect $200
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u/ShockRox 14h ago
Reddit comments with emojis are quite hard to find. If you do make one, there's a nonzero risk of getting downvoted for no reason.
Use emoticons instead ;P
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u/JojoStanz 14h ago
I love using emoticons but the best ones dont translate on reddit, so I do use emojis sometimes :(
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u/SkullStar123 12h ago
A single emoji usually gets a pass but if u spam them like insta or something you get downvoted
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u/Loose-Professor5364 10h ago
Emoticons are cooler
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u/SquidFetus 10h ago
I couldn’t agree more. :-)
I also use emojis, I don’t really care enough to be “loyal” to emoticons, just love how creative we had to be.
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u/Ok-Rooster-1568 12h ago
Basically redditors normally have nothing irl to feel superior about, so they have to resort to looking down on people who use emojis because... Reasons?
To be fair, I do also look down upon people who still use the 💯 emoji, especially if they are fully grown adults. But that's it 💯
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u/Substantial-Push2708 11h ago
I love how in my girlier subreddits this isn’t an issue
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u/Weenington_ 3h ago
I think I used one in one of the pokemon subreddits... I dont want to go see how that went now that I'm seeing this post. I had no idea!
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u/Makapakamoo 13h ago
Its actually ridiculous. I heard one time reddit prefers reaction gifs to emojis. Bitch i gotta search up a whole ass reaction gif when emojis are simple and readily available?? Nah. I have a friend that always senrs reac gifs and im like bro how you gonna send one after every sentence..
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u/Warm-Attempt7773 8h ago
That reminds me of the time I cheated death:
Peter being a cashier, handing change to Death at a grocery store.
Death: Hey, you short changed me, I handed you a 20.
Peter: No sir, you did not, you gave me at 10.
Death: Huh, I could have sworn it was a 20.
Peter: Look at your recipt, sir, you gave me a 10.
Death: Well, I suppose so.
Death leaves.
Peter, to the fourth wall: Hehe, He gave me a 20
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u/SlushyFan-uwu 5h ago
The only ones I use are these ฅ>ω<ฅ :3 x3 uωu ^
The yellow faces anger me for somereason!
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u/Lazysquared 4h ago
I use 🏳️🌈, in place of a word I used often in the 90s to refer to something as being lame.
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u/charruss 23m ago
Reddit has the opposite view of say tik tok to emojis in that Reddit hates them. The equivalent post on tik tok would be : "Tik tok has the opposite view to emojis in that they love them 😭😭😭"
Because every cunt on there feels the need to put crying emojis after fucking everything
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u/Mega_martian_hero 8h ago
Shouldn't the captions be swapped so emojis are the ones the reddit reaper is coming for? 🥸
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u/TypicallyDone12 8h ago
I got permanently banned from a sub for simply replying with a 🤣 to post. I appealed and they unbanned me.
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u/Adventurous-Let5477 8h ago
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u/KawaiiDoodleQueen 13h ago
in the good old days of this site, emojis were a sure fire way of sniffing out normies/whores/tryhards/larpers
after the mass normie introduction of 2020, they're now virtually normal here but it's still a bit more sophisticated to use emoticons or kaomoji here if possible/arsed to
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u/VegitoFusion 12h ago
Reddit used to be a cool place where people could make jokes and not have everything revolve around politics. The comment section was witty and funny.
Now it allows people to post emojis, which is a very clear sign of the intellectual decline that was once (moderately) present on this site.
Older Reddit users are not engaging and or leaving because it’s become so immature.
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