Emojis to express / myLot

United States

June 12, 2017 2:38pm CST

I like using emojis especially for happy expressions, however, I am not very convinced using them to express that I feel sad for something, when someone messages me or posts in social sites... I personally feel the emojis are a kind of light emotions and I dont really feel like using them to show that I feel sad for someone for a bad situation of theirs.... If its a post on a general topic, which is sad I feel ok to use these sad emojis, but definitely no if someone is expressing some sad incident that happened in their own life...

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7 responses

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

12 Jun 17

I use these thingies sparsely. I find it extremely childish when adults pepper their posts with emojis - be they happy or sad.

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shweta s

@saiama (872)

• Mumbai, India

14 Jun 17

sometimes it cd seem v rude to use emoji for every now n then especially if some one we r chattin wd is serious v serious n spkin on serious subject n expressing their grief

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youless

@youless (112123)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Jun 17

I like to use the emojis because it is a global language. Everybody understands it. It is easy and popular.

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moirai

@moirai (2836)

• Philippines

13 Jun 17

I don't see a difference between a sad general topic and a sad personal incident. For me, as long as the emoji used is appropriately sad, then it's fine. Don't use a happy emoji for a sad moment. For me, emojis, in general, help add a visual representation of the writer's mood. Because sometimes that is not easily conveyed through text only messages. This is the difference between communication only over the internet or text, versus face to face where we have visual (we can see the other person's facial expression and body language) and audio (we can hear the tone of their voice) clues.

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