So far I have used exactly one emoji here, and only once so far.
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I’m not a big emoji guy overall, but there are certain jokes and such that require inflection in your voice or certain body language to land properly. Obviously that’s not an option in a text basud conversation so emoji fills in that gap for me.
I don’t particularly mind people using emojis in other ways, though I do think using a lot of them gives off a weird vibe, but for me personally I mostly prefer to use my words, and using emojis only sparingly makes them feel like they have more impact to me when I do use them.