To ask why we don't use emojis here?

[norfolkbroadd]

You hardly ever see them and yet other such forums are stuffed with them.

I'm not for or against them by the way, I'm just wondering how the natural evolution of the written word has seemingly stalled on MN.

Nice

Well, that escalated. And here's me thinking we could have an interesting chat about David Crystal.

Agree with @MigGirl In days gone by anyone using emojis was quickly told to get to net mums - viewed as an altogether much more sparkly site.

MN was the outlier in that sense though - most forums allowed banners, signatures and avatars in those days, I think they all used the same platform.

Bit like swearing, you can be able to express yourself but also enjoy throwing in profanities. I like an emoji. Not enough on MN imo, especially as you don’t need to use ‘theirs’.

I remember in the old days 👵🏻 on here you had to enclose a word in [ ] to get the emoji. And at Christmas or Halloween they’d change.

I'm a grown up with an above average IQ and I use them all the time. Didn't realise I wasn't allowed🤭

I'm a grown up with an above average IQ and I use them all the time. Didn't realise I wasn't allowed🤭

Didn't people overdo the boob emoji?

No you not allowed 😞 according to some people.

Like @MigGirl it was a real differentiator in the olden days between Netmums and Mumsnet. I couldn't stand all the emojis and ticker bars and visual clutter of NM (and other fora) and vastly preferred the clean and mostly text based chat over here.

The punctuative use of the occasional or is all I need!!

We didn’t originally as we had disabled posters who used readers. They only read the written word and not emojis. This was a time where we liked each other (mostly) so we didn’t use them.

I know and use a few, but they can be annoying as you have to look some up.

I think they are used but not as much. I used to like the specific Mumsnet emojis (is there any way to access them anymore?) especially the confused face! I wish it was a normal emoji!

I remember it being discussed about 20 years ago and general consensus was emojis were a bit Netmums. 😂

Just heard that a post of mine had been deleted.
Because of an emoji, funnily enough.
Best use ODFOD.

But non-verbal communication is a big thing for humans - even adults! 😄

Hang on! How do you get those MN emojis?!

🙄My favourite, very succinctly sums up what I feel about most of the fuckwittery. Also, 💐because sometimes there are no words.

Oh dear wasn't me.

Open reply box. Select smiley icon, bottom right of box. Select the M at the extreme right of the list.

Well I think these people need to get a life if emojis is something to get riled up over😜

Or just type the keyboard shortcuts if you remember them - [ confused ] without the spaces gives . They never went away.

Thank you!! This is my favourite one - how confused I often feel on here!!

grin
hmm
sad
angry
flowers
envy
smile
gin
shock

Can't remember the others. You type one of the above words but put it in square brackets, no spaces between brackets and letters. Not sure if capital letters matter.