Emoji use

[Dave0206]

It's been mentioned before but can anyone explain when members reply to either an article of news a few use totally inappropriate emoji like a  tragedy where sympathy and empathy is the only logical response. Or a clear response from a member about nothing controversial is greeted with a confused emoji I would like to think most are mistakes but happen so often I'm not so sure

[richard_smith237]

They are deliberate and posted by idiots.... 

 

Some people like to troll others and place a 'confused' or 'sad' emoji on any post made by someone they've had a 'forum disagreement' with in the past... 

 

I see it happen to others to such a degree we can almost tell who the offending poster is.

 

It would be much better if people could see who posted what to avoid the trolls....  (and also include, IF someone is in your 'ignore list' any emoji they add shouldn't stick.... 

 

Bigger picture though - its just a forum and doesn't really matter.

[Hummin]

Spineless cowards, but the mods see who they are, so not completely anonymous 

[Hummin]

7 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Spineless cowards, but the mods see who they are, so not completely anonymous 

Not only spineless, easily provoked to. 

 

Old grumpy sad men

[bkk6060]

Many trolls and nobody really knows anybody, so who cares.

[Will B Good]

39 minutes ago, Dave0206 said:

It's been mentioned before but can anyone explain when members reply to either an article of news a few use totally inappropriate emoji like a  tragedy where sympathy and empathy is the only logical response. Or a clear response from a member about nothing controversial is greeted with a confused emoji I would like to think most are mistakes but happen so often I'm not so sure

 

I seriously thought someone had written a little piece of code to automatically put a confused emoji on my posts......just watch and see how many I get now......

[herfiehandbag]

Classic example:

 

 

"Bloke in a white EV pulled out of a Mini Big C in Chiang Rai the other day.

 

Knocked a lass off her Scoopy. Both were going slowly. No injuries. I picked her up, he didn't see her - he was hunched over his screen (trying to find a charging point?) I was right behind her, and offered to stand witness. He is supposed to be paying for repairs to her Scoopy - "

 

Above was posted in a separate thread, within a couple of minutes it attracted two "confused" emojis!

 

I something as simple as that causes confusion, how on earth do they summon up enough neurons to turn their phones on?

[OneMoreFarang]

39 minutes ago, Dave0206 said:

the only logical response

You can't be too long in Thailand when you still expect logic.

 

I think there are often reasons to react in different ways. What happened, to whom it happened, the way something was written, who posted it, etc.

 

Sometimes I am also surprised or confused how some people reacted to some post. But I don't think about it for more than a second.

Basically: Who cares? 

[RSD1]

42 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

They are deliberate and posted by idiots.... 

 

Some people like to troll others and place a 'confused' or 'sad' emoji on any post made by someone they've had a 'forum disagreement' with in the past... 

 

I see it happen to others to such a degree we can almost tell who the offending poster is.

 

It would be much better if people could see who posted what to avoid the trolls....  (and also include, IF someone is in your 'ignore list' any emoji they add shouldn't stick.... 

 

Bigger picture though - its just a forum and doesn't really matter.

 

Although I agree with your observations, and that the whole concept of emojis doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, but the only two available emojis for expressing dissatisfaction are both ambiguous. 

 

The confused emoji, for example, could either mean that the person genuinely doesn’t understand the post in a confused way or that they are discontent in a way that isn’t literal confusion. Similarly, the sad emoji could indicate that someone is saddened by the content of the post, or it could be interpreted as them viewing the poster in a negative, pitying way.

 

I’m not going to make any judgments about how and when people should use them or what permissions they should have, as you already discussed, but I do think these two emojis rarely capture a person’s true intended response. A simple and traditional thumbs-up and thumbs-down system for expressing approval and disapproval would be much clearer, more to the point, and more effective without beating around the bush.

 

Even the laughing emoji is often misused. I frequently see it on posts that aren’t funny at all, meaning the person using it can't actually be laughing at the post, nor is it necessarily meant to mock the poster. Sometimes, people just use it to show they liked the post or that it made them smile, but not laugh. Again, this could easily be replaced with a thumbs-up or a by adding a simple smiley face to the choices of emojis for better clarity.

 

In conclusion, most emotion-based emoji options on AN tend to be vague and open to interpretation. A more straightforward system with clear, to-the-point reactions would be much more effective, eliminating confusion and making interactions more intuitive and other people's reactions much easier to comprehend. 

 

I think that by only providing these vague emotional reactions, there’s an intentional effort to avoid confrontation. However, the lack of clarity and directness ultimately leads to greater misunderstanding rather than preventing conflict.

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

Classic example:

 

 

"Bloke in a white EV pulled out of a Mini Big C in Chiang Rai the other day.

 

Knocked a lass off her Scoopy. Both were going slowly. No injuries. I picked her up, he didn't see her - he was hunched over his screen (trying to find a charging point?) I was right behind her, and offered to stand witness. He is supposed to be paying for repairs to her Scoopy - "

 

Above was posted in a separate thread, within a couple of minutes it attracted two "confused" emojis!

 

I something as simple as that causes confusion, how on earth do they summon up enough neurons to turn their phones on?

 

Sorry...just could not resist......🤭

[Will B Good]

Just now, RSD1 said:

 

Although I agree with your observations, and that the whole concept of emojis doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, but the only two available emojis for expressing dissatisfaction are both ambiguous. 

 

The confused emoji, for example, could either mean that the person genuinely doesn’t understand the post in a confused way or that they are discontent in a way that isn’t literal confusion. Similarly, the sad emoji could indicate that someone is saddened by the content of the post, or it could be interpreted as them viewing the poster in a negative, pitying way.

 

I’m not going to make any judgments about how and when people should use them or what permissions they should have, as you already discussed, but I do think these two emojis rarely capture a person’s true intended response. A simple and traditional thumbs-up and thumbs-down system for expressing approval and disapproval would be much clearer, more to the point, and more effective without beating around the bush.

 

Even the laughing emoji is often misused. I frequently see it on posts that aren’t funny at all, meaning the person using it can't actually laughing at the post, nor is it necessarily meant to mock the poster. Sometimes, people just use it to show they liked the post or that it made them smile. Again, this could easily be replaced with a thumbs-up or a simple smiley face for clarity.

 

In conclusion, most emotion-based emoji options on AN tend to be vague and open to interpretation. A more straightforward system with clear, to-the-point reactions would be much more effective, eliminating confusion and making interactions more intuitive and other people's reactions much easier to comprehend. 

 

I think that by only providing these vague emotional reactions, there’s an intentional effort to avoid confrontation. However, the lack of clarity and directness ultimately leads to greater misunderstanding rather than preventing conflict.

 

 

I think after reading posts from a certain cult they can act as a stress reliever.....555

[OneMoreFarang]

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

I seriously thought someone had written a little piece of code to automatically put a confused emoji on my posts......just watch and see how many I get now......

Do you really think you are so important that someone would go through the hassle and do that?

 

But then, maybe this is a business idea. Maybe I should offer automatic emojis reactions and charge for those. And allow the target to pay more to get rid of the emojis and even more to put sad emojis on the originator. Lots of opportunities. 😉 

[Will B Good]

Just now, OneMoreFarang said:

5 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Do you really think you are so important that someone would go through the hassle and do that?

 

Are you serious??????????

[OneMoreFarang]

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

Are you serious??????????

Make me an offer and I think about programming the emoji distributor. 😉 

[Will B Good]

Just now, OneMoreFarang said:

Make me an offer and I think about programming the emoji distributor. 😉 

 

I've already got one.....but only use it for a certain group....555

[novacova]

Don’t pay any attention to them, they’re just a bunch of bits and bytes that don’t mean anything or have any value.

[Celsius]

They should be removed as they are censored by mods anyway. If mods don't like the laughing emoji or confused emoji they can penalize you or ban you.

[connda]

1 hour ago, Dave0206 said:

It's been mentioned before but can anyone explain when members reply to either an article of news a few use totally inappropriate emoji like a  tragedy where sympathy and empathy is the only logical response. Or a clear response from a member about nothing controversial is greeted with a confused emoji I would like to think most are mistakes but happen so often I'm not so sure

I suggest that it's perhaps best to grow thicker skin.  Otherwise you'll be perpetually triggered here and eventually will go the way of bob smith.
Personally I really don't care who drops whatever emoji on one of my posts - I just don't care, but then again, starting from about the time I was in boot camp and my DI was screaming at us on Christmas Day - "LIFE ISN'T FAIR - GET OVER IT!" as a bunch of the recruits were all weepy eyed about Christmas.  I learned a great lesson in life. By the way - that DI was out there with us on Christmas Day.  He walked his talk.  I respect that.  And honestly, it was "just another day."
So like emojis.  It just an ASCII character.  If you put a lot of significance on it, it will tear you apart.  So?  Get over it.  Don't let it bother you. You're making a big deal out of nothing.  Really! 

[connda]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Basically: Who cares? 

Exactly!  100%

[Will B Good]

 

 

Maybe go back to how it was.......where everyone's name was assigned to the emoji they posted......people might think twice before behaving like a .........

[blaze master]

Hahaha emoji queens.

[Dave0206]

4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You can't be too long in Thailand when you still expect logic.

 

I think there are often reasons to react in different ways. What happened, to whom it happened, the way something was written, who posted it, etc.

 

Sometimes I am also surprised or confused how some people reacted to some post. But I don't think about it for more than a second.

Basically: Who cares? 

Of course you are right "who cares " if it is as said but when story is of young child being raped by stepfather where in anyone's mind is it ok to 😃  or confused perhaps these people should be on the dark Web with like minded people ( who knows maybe they already are)

[GammaGlobulin]

7 hours ago, Dave0206 said:

It's been mentioned before but can anyone explain when members reply to either an article of news a few use totally inappropriate emoji like a  tragedy where sympathy and empathy is the only logical response. Or a clear response from a member about nothing controversial is greeted with a confused emoji I would like to think most are mistakes but happen so often I'm not so sure

 

One emoji I am totally confused about, not to mention being confused about the purpose of it.

 

I worry most about the CONFUSED emoji.

 

What are they confused about....

Exactly?

 

If only they would tell us what confuses them, ....

Then we could provide some clarification.

 

Yet, they just HIT and RUN.....

They hit you with a CONFUSED emoji, but they never provide enough input to the writer so that, next time...maybe...

The writer can write less confusingly.

 

This is what confuses me most.

 

And, almost always, this CONFUSED emoji pops up when one least expects it.

 

The CONFUSED emoji ....

 

"It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven"....

 

Without explanation.

 

Maybe this is what heaven intended....

 

IDK.

 

 

[mfd101]

The problem is that there's no 'I disagree' sign, so people use 'Confused' instead, which is a hopeless system.

[steven100]

6 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

The problem is that there's no 'I disagree' sign, so people use 'Confused' instead, which is a hopeless system.

I agree,  the emojicons need to be more definitive in what they show.  Disagree should show that,  I agree absolutely should show that,   I consider this story bs should show that ... and so on.  

[cdemundo]

Why isn't there a "get off my lawn" emoji?

[ignore it]

[Stocky]

On 2/1/2025 at 5:58 PM, RSD1 said:

In conclusion, most emotion-based emoji options on AN tend to be vague and open to interpretation. A more straightforward system with clear, to-the-point reactions would be much more effective, eliminating confusion and making interactions more intuitive and other people's reactions much easier to comprehend. 

Agreed, if you're going to have a thumbs-up you really ought to have a thumbs-down

[SAFETY FIRST]

On 2/1/2025 at 5:15 PM, Dave0206 said:

can anyone explain when members reply to either an article of news a few use totally inappropriate emoji like a  tragedy where sympathy and empathy is the only

Some here have mental health issues, they get their rocks off, sexually excited to post these inappropriate emoji's 

[Crossy]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

I agree,  the emojicons need to be more definitive in what they show.  Disagree should show that,  I agree absolutely should show that,   I consider this story bs should show that ... and so on.  

 

You could actually use these "word" thingies in a post replying to the one you don't agree with.

They can convey all sorts of useful (and less than useful) messages