"I'm ded", "I'm being attacked", and other metaphors like "💀" are not a replacement for tears of joy but an escalation to connect with others.
Amazing. Living in slack at work has led to a lot of different ways to laugh at links and gifs.
What I struggle with is punctuation. Putting the emoji before or after the period for example.
The thing is, by the time you're using emoji or emoticons, formal conventions are more relaxed, so I say go with your own aesthetic preferences.
Gretchen McCulloch's 2015 piece on this topic is still relevant today: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65394/how-do-you-punctuate-around-emoticons-and-emoji
Amazing. Living in slack at work has led to a lot of different ways to laugh at links and gifs.
What I struggle with is punctuation. Putting the emoji before or after the period for example.
The thing is, by the time you're using emoji or emoticons, formal conventions are more relaxed, so I say go with your own aesthetic preferences.
Gretchen McCulloch's 2015 piece on this topic is still relevant today: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65394/how-do-you-punctuate-around-emoticons-and-emoji