Emoticons are the future of communication

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by schlichtm • 13 years ago

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ScottWhigham• 13 years ago

The linkbait title had me all ready to be in a huff but that was very well done.

schlichtm2• 13 years ago

Muahaha

brd• 13 years ago

I definitely appreciate the argument that more emotional context is the future of digital communication. I just wonder if emoticons are really the solution to it.

I'd like to think something more akin to snapchat, where someone can send a quick temporary picture of themself smiling, frowning, etc is a much more mature/natural/sensible (not sure the appropriate word for it...) method of conveying the same emotional information.

schlichtm2• 13 years ago

I totally agree with you - I don't think it's specifically emoticons that are the future. Snapchat is definitely a perfect example of the direction we are going in (picture + text).

Emoticons are the future of communication

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