Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?

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    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Emoticons started getting popular in the 90s, so I’m in the age group where that was happening. You’ll see other people in this thread saying they felt like it was a boomer thing. I don’t think my age is the reason.