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0 pointskjdal20019y ago0 comments

Tone and facial expression aren't conveyed at all in non-emojied text. Comparing emojis usage to spoken conversation doesn't make sense because they aren't used to augment or replace speech.

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debaserab29y ago

I didn't compare the two. I was explaining that the absence of these things means emoji's don't do a good job of communicating emotion and empathy.

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0 pointskjdal20019y ago0 comments

Tone and facial expression aren't conveyed at all in non-emojied text. Comparing emojis usage to spoken conversation doesn't make sense because they aren't used to augment or replace speech.

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debaserab29y ago

I didn't compare the two. I was explaining that the absence of these things means emoji's don't do a good job of communicating emotion and empathy.

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