top | item 19684907 (no title) veryworried | 6 years ago If you ever see emoji in hackernews comments then hackernews, as it has been, is over. discuss order hn newest blueline|6 years ago ..why? i see comments with ':-)' all the time. are the people here so pretentious that they're fundamentally opposed to using an ideogram?better hope there aren't any closeted road-signage-designers lurking on HN then veryworried|6 years ago Emojis are too jocular for the tone we are trying to strike here. They lower the level of discourse down to something more like Reddit or Twitter. load replies (1)
blueline|6 years ago ..why? i see comments with ':-)' all the time. are the people here so pretentious that they're fundamentally opposed to using an ideogram?better hope there aren't any closeted road-signage-designers lurking on HN then veryworried|6 years ago Emojis are too jocular for the tone we are trying to strike here. They lower the level of discourse down to something more like Reddit or Twitter. load replies (1)
veryworried|6 years ago Emojis are too jocular for the tone we are trying to strike here. They lower the level of discourse down to something more like Reddit or Twitter. load replies (1)
blueline|6 years ago
better hope there aren't any closeted road-signage-designers lurking on HN then
veryworried|6 years ago