Dominus wrote on 2020-09-09, 19:53:
I really don't see why people actually want that anyway. I'm mostly using only 😉 and ;( and that's it.
Add to that, that I find emoticons actually less appealing than emojis. So, I don't think these will ever make a comeback. I thonk there has been a brief discussion earlier in this thread or one of the other threads about the style.
well that's one big thing, emojis do not have a style, it all depends on what device from what manufacturer you are using, and emojis can look vastly different, so even just for that reason they're just not a good tool anymore to express emotion... sure the general meaning behind an emoji might be equal across the board, but there are still nuances in there that can make a big difference.
now this might be purely a taste thing, but compared to classic emoticons modern unicode emoji just look outright "cheap" and childish, add to that that there are a gazillion different ones and it just takes away from the atmosphere of a close-knit forum and makes it feel more like facebook gossip.
and I've said this before, this is a forum mainly about retro computer games, and the pixel style of emoticons just fit that perfectly imho, and having only a few to choose from makes posts and the whole forum style in general look a lot more consistent and makes it fun to express certain emotions with them, because everyone gets used to the few specific emoticons in the forum.