Currently there is no easy way to add emojis, emoticons or smileys here. Do we want them, or not?
On another platform, I built my reputation for coding and giving away a free Smiley App that would allow posters to include smileys a.k.a emojis a.k.a emoticons in their discussions, blogs, photo descriptions and comments.
I'm wondering what the members of the Steemit Community think about emojis. Is it something we think would add to our communications or not? Should there be an easy way to add emojis with the Steemit editor?
I find that it is sometimes hard to discern intent when reading pure text. Was the writer being sarcastic? Or were they trying to be humorous? Emojis could help convey the author's true meaning.
It seems to me that those who text a lot, or communicate on Facebook or kik or other messenger apps, really like emojis and use them (over use them?) in almost every post. What would it do to the perception of our community if we use them here?
Right now, an emoji markdown that I have seen does not work here. If you enter :smile: in here, you don't see a little yellow face smiling back at you.
But if we do want to use emojis NOW, we can simply upload the image of an emoji we want to use, and then insert it as we insert any other image. https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/
For example, if I enter:
I will get this:
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