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Emoji use may impact relationship outcomes, study reveals (phys.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Emojis (and before those, emoticons) help fill in the tonal gaps created by lack of body language and voice contexts, so yes that makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is exactly the reason I love sticker packs in Signal so much, they add an extra option for tone/body language while also reinforced shared favorite media with friends/family. Binge a TV show with your partner? Make a sticker pack out of it and now you get ti show how you feel and reinforce the shared experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Damn, beat me to it. Always hated texting due to the lack of context and ease of misunderstanding. Never thought much on emoji content until I read the article. A reply without an emoji can be hard to parse. I had formerly relied on punctuation, but lately I use more emojis.

"Want to go out tonight?"

"sure"

vs.

"sure!"

vs.

"sure 😃"

LOL, the last response made me feel good and it's not even a real text!