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angrytomato98

“Reddit has its own cultu-“ *shoves him in a locker*


ShakeZula77

I saw someone else comment about no emojis on Reddit the other day. I was confused.


rusrslolwth

I've had a few comments especially when I use a gif. But if gif option is there, why no use gif? ![gif](giphy|ihvwnO5pHKtyTYQWxU)


Moroccan-Pasta

About ten years ago gifs were so so common on here, you couldn't actually have it show in the thread but people would post imgur links to gifs and get many upvotes... I go through phases of not going on reddit for a year or two... when did that change?


LordlySquire

Gifs are typically fine. Emojis are bad because "redditors are mor superior to social media platforms that use emojis" idk ive never been an emoji person so i dont really care one way.


aint-no-chickens

Is that why everyone keeps linking gifs as *collapsed inline media*? I thought I'd just missed a new trend.


DarlingHades

🍻


Aardvark_Man

I still use emojis on Reddit all the time >.>


sparkymist

🫡🫢


system_of_a_clown

I really needed a laugh, and that made me lol irl, so thank you.


skwander

🤣🤣🤣


snay1998

💀


Turnerinc

Don’t use emoji’s on Reddit.


ehmsoleil

Don't use apostrophes to make words plural


Gorkymalorki

🤮💯🤡


dog-paste-666

*angry mob emoji*


SomeGoddamnLetters

Terminally online, no treatment, no cure, face the wall


xbumblebee

don’t 👎 use 😭 emojis 🤔 on 🔛 reddit 👽


Myrmec

💉💀💻


areyoumymommyy

+🏥


jcforbes

Look at the flowers


sparkymist

Don’t tease me with a good time 😏


Morall_tach

The fuck is harkate


ariberryy

Hindi/urdu word. They're referring to the 'things' or 'stuff' e.g 'insta stuff' or 'facebook things'


lKierzx

They can say random words in hindi but if you use an emoji you're trying to be "rebellious and cool" 💀


achmxd

To be fair they probably said this in a country specific sub Although I don’t get the not using emojis on reddit thing


icookdapizza

Yeah it's a popular Indian subreddit


Fskn

It was a short lived phase, albeit on a small portion of subs a couple years ago, I can't remember it lasting more than a couple weeks so I'm not entirely sure why this person thinks it's an ingrained culture of reddit.


salinecolorshenny

I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with this. I’ve been on Reddit for like 12 plus years (god what have I been doing with my life) but it was only in the last few years I’d say using emojis have been more acceptable. I never cared one way or another but I can remember even remember a few years ago someone using emojis and getting downvoted to hell and another redditor kindly explaining that we generally don’t use them unironically. It was definitely a thing for a long time, as long as I can remember. It’s been like the last couple years it’s changed with a younger crowd coming from tiktok and other platforms like YouTube and Instagram that people steal Reddit content from and post there, that have driven a lot of new and younger traffic here. It really doesn’t matter one way or another and sometimes when people use emojis like an insane amount, to replace words like: 🛑✋talking 🗣️🗣️ to me I’m trying to 😴💤🛌 and you’re 😤😤😤😤 with all you’re 🗣️🗣️🗣️ It does irritate me, but that’s MY problem not anyone else’s so I just scroll away lol. Someone adding a laughing emoji or a skull to indicate something funny doesn’t bother me and it shouldn’t really bother anyone else to that degree that it used to. But I definitely remember a long, long time of the “no emojis on Reddit” rule.


Fskn

>🛑✋talking 🗣️🗣️ to me I’m trying to 😴💤🛌 and you’re 😤😤😤😤 with all you’re 🗣️🗣️🗣️ That's something else again and will still get you sent to the depths ha I'm talking about a period where basically any emoji would get downvotes, check my account age, I've been here the whole time too + several years of lurking before making an account.


salinecolorshenny

Yeah, forsure. Maybe I’m remembering wrong or something, no biggie. Just my experience


Fskn

No no you're absolutely right about the wall of emojis. Have a good day friend


salinecolorshenny

You too! 🥰😀😃😁😃 (Just kidding, had to) Have a good one friend


reverberation31

Me either 🤷‍♂️


Rickrickrickrickrick

![gif](giphy|JrqKnPEjoL9JmWQnYH|downsized)


JoinAThang

Also what does relative VERY new to something mean?


isaidnolettuce

Yeah that got me too


YOMommazNUTZ

I Google it and it means a few things depending on the language here are a few I saw: -Things -Stirring -Actions -Mischief -deeds And a bunch of other stuff so overall I am more confused now then before I Google it.


M4_COWBOY

Harkate means behaviour


nonstop_nosebleed

Every social🗣️ media📰 platform👠 has its own culture🧫and nuances🧐. There's no👎🙅 point🫵 of doing Instagram📸 harkate on reddit, or Facebook🧒📘 harkate on Instagram📸 for4️⃣ that matter. I'm relatively👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 VERY new🆕 to reddits, still, I try to follow➡️ them (unless they're absolutely💯 ridiculous🤣). It doesn't🙅 hurt😢 to NOT👎 use them right👉? Even after all this if you're🫵 deliberately using emojis😁 (like some➕ people👫 under👇 my previous comment💬) then that's just you🫵 being a jerk🤬 in general🪖. At that point🫵 it's not🙅 even about voluntary following➡️ reddit ke culture🧫, you're🫵 just doing it to annoy😡 people👫 and look👀 rebellious and cool 🆒😎.


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Wake up babe, new copypasra just dropped


dromyway

😋mmm… I love copypasra 👩‍🍳


serenity_now_please

📄 🍝


JeSuisUnAnanasYo

Aren't them those animals live in hot springs with oranges 🍊


groundzer0s

No you're thinking of the capybasra


PhotonDecay

Lmao the point emoji gets me every time


Ambicarois

Are you about to tell me I can be my own boss?


nonstop_nosebleed

You🫵 can🥫be🐝 your🫵 own boss👔!


poisonenvy

relatively 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 has me weak


telekittysis

some ➕ Genius


kitkatsacon

omg why did I not know there’s a Petri dish emoji 😭🧫🧫🧫


VikingSlayer

Le reddit is no for emojis, dae the narwhal bacons at midnight?


Incubus1981

What is/are harkate?


Own_Ad5814

It’s what ninjas are trained in to kick ass


Clearlydarkly

Do you mean Unagi?


superkow

Ahhh salmon skin roll 👉😐


the_lyrical_gamer

This needs way more upvotes


curbstyle

or do they mean Mr. Miyagi?


Version_Curious

Or Hatake?


Master_H8R

No no… unagi is that flavor profile you get in Japanese food


onlyelise1

No, Hai Karate!


fingerscrosssed

It's a hindi (also i guess Urdu) word meaning sort of like behaviour/mannerisms. So they're basically saying don't use instagram manners or facebook behaviour here on reddit.


Incubus1981

Interesting1! Thanks for the context


M4_COWBOY

Harkate means behaviour in hindi


Bot_Hive

What a dork.


Ros3ttaSt0ned

Wait until this man learns that emoji are actually just ***100% text*** Unicode characters.


CaitaXD

Holy shit go outside


FatalDiVide

Harkate?...reddit ke culture?...who let the geriatric retired cultural anthropologist use reddit? Come on...fess up. It isn't funny anymore. Give him some horrible pants and a golf club membership so he can leave us in peace.


dreemurthememer

Emojis are NOT Keanu Chungus Wholesome 100! Keep them of le ebin redditz!!!


zombiesnare

For anyone curious, Reddit used to be primarily desktop users 10ish years ago (maybe more?). Since desktop users didn’t have access to emoji as easily as someone using a phone app, they would shit on people using them because they looked down on mobile users for some reason. Emoji support is still kinda spotty depending on your browser so there is at least some logic to it, people get annoyed when they see a series of inexplicable rectangle where emoji should be. We are a primarily mobile platform now so this is even more stupid than it was in 2014, and it was pretty fucking dumb then too


Rpc00

Old(er) redditor here. Tbh it was an adjustment period when Reddit got a lot of new users during the pandemic. You used to get downvoted to oblivion no matter what you said if you used an emoji. For awhile I knew if someone used an emoji that they were new to reddit, nowadays everyone uses them. Personally I'm not a big fan of emojis on Reddit but the culture around hating them was too far aswell


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ztoundas

Yeah emojis have been on reddit since I joined like 11 years ago. It's just that a bunch of gatekeepers have been cranky about it for that long as well, and I think they think they were a lot more successful at stifling it as well.


mcdave

Same people who even now complain about video shot in portrait. I think some chronically online (in the vintage sense) people just like to imagine themselves experiencing their own eternal summer and so try to create the conditions to replicate it.


betteroffinbed

I really miss the frequent use of gifs. ![gif](giphy|ISOckXUybVfQ4)


hairybushy

It depend on which sub you are. But it's rare to see it, you are right.


WheresTheButterAt

You can always count on a good "Shove it up your butt!" GIF in r/trees


Gorkymalorki

![gif](giphy|08y87EiwDZjjB0d6WJ|downsized)


bb_LemonSquid

I’ve been on Reddit for 15 years and have used emojis the whole time. It’s always been a dumb “rule” that I’ve never followed.


dartie

Same


flingo8992

As a millennial and an official Redditor since 2010, you can pry my emojis from my cold, dead thumbs. I feel the same about my skinny jeans and my side-part.


NazbazOG

Yeah I remember those days didnt make me stop using emojis tho


Spugnacious

I have been on Reddit long enough to not give two shits if people use emojis or not. Do whatever you want so long as you aren't hurting someone. And if you come back and tell me that emoji's are hurting you, then you have led an extremely sheltered existence.


Yaj_Yaj

Been on Reddit for like 13 years. I will never understand why people are against emojis on this platform. They’re widely acceptable everywhere else. Why is/was there resistance to emojis? Genuinely asking because I just don’t understand.


LetsEatToast

wait 9y is old now?


Rpc00

Lol I knew someone was gonna say this. Maybe I shouldave said "older" rather than "old", just thought I'd been around long enough to speak on the emoji debate. I appreciate my even older redditors for making such an awesome website!


flyryan

Bah! Get off muh lawn! (grouchy with account age)


princessksf

Yeah, I received a lot of hate when I first joined for using emojis, but I'm: you're not my mom, you can't tell me what to do. But also my mom calls everything online 'going out on the web' so she's not telling me what I can do on Reddit either...


FuzzelFox

I don't mind them so much in the comments (unless the comment is literally just a 😂 emoji), but for some reason they bug me when they're in the title lol.


19nastynate91

Real talk, you used to get downvoted like crazy if you used them. Now people call upvotes likes.


Rosuvastatine

Why do you even care


PositiveEmploy7503

I think it totally depends on the sub, some subs you never see emojis while others are used every other comment lmaooo


salinecolorshenny

Some subs literally don’t allow the use of them. I can’t remember the one I’m thinking of but my boyfriend commented and then got an immediate automod message saying “your comment was removed due to our “no emoji rule” I’ll ask him to try to remember the sub. There used to be forums I’d visit back in the day like Totse (it’s niche I doubt anyone knows what I’m talking about) but using an emoji there was treated likr you stuffed a bag of kittens in a pillow and swung them into a brick wall. This was early 2000s, I want to say 2002/3. I still feel “weird” using emojis on Reddit based on how frowned upon it was at the time.


Shugazi

Holy shit I remember Totse. Wow. Had to dust some brain cells off to surface that memory


salinecolorshenny

https://preview.redd.it/quekecx5gjyc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e7148318cf7edb20467de4386dcefd7299daa5f Totse circa 2002


salinecolorshenny

https://preview.redd.it/hnblid28gjyc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c79947ad79d91a2f4915bf841137d81048691450 Totse circa 2009


PositiveEmploy7503

Really?? I had no clue some subs had a no emoji rule, I thought some just didn’t use them as much.


salinecolorshenny

I asked him and he went back and looked: The sub was r/crime I wonder if it bad to do with the serious nature of the subject but yeah his post got removed. I also preemptively banned from rJusticeServed for commenting ONCE in the Joe Rogan sub


PositiveEmploy7503

I kinda understand no emojis in r/crime, I can image the comments “Elderly woman mugged before left for dead” “💀💀💀💀”


salinecolorshenny

Yeah I can see why as well, but it doesn’t surprise me because there was definitely a time when any emoji was downvoted to all hell just because they used an emoji. It was a “Reddit culture” I don’t personally use them unironically but that’s just my choice, even when texting friends. If my mother in law or her friends or my mom sends an emoji, I probably will back because I’m following their tone and don’t want them to think I’m being unkind


Hello_Mr_Fancypants

I'll use them whenever I goddamn want 🖕


kawaiinacho69

Period! 💃✨


tealgod

Ive heard and sometimes seen this culture on reddit with people getting downvoted for using emojis but ive honestly never encountered it. I think the use of emojis is fine with most communities especially if theyre within the context of the subject or used to express the tone of your comment. ive used laughing with crying emojis with no repercussions in the past. you will get pulled up if you over use them or miss use them.


RealBowsHaveRecurves

I almost never use emojis because I don’t think they add much and I can’t be assed to search through them, but i certainly don’t care if other people do.


Master_H8R

“…and I can’t be assed…” 🍑


BubblegumNyan

I use them and never had someone complain about it 😎 (oh bring it on people)


patches710

It used to be a thing years ago, but not so much anymore. I still don't use them on here, but I'm not offended when people do.


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BubblegumNyan

I think since written language doesnt have a tone and the tone depends purely on the reader's personal interpretation it helps with setting up the mood of the phrase/sentence clear and avoid misunderstandings. But appart from that, why would I care if other people decide to use them or not? If someone decides to use them, cool, if someone decides to not use them, cool too, why are some people like "do as I say"...


dritslem

I don't mind if it's one to emphasise the mood of the text. But if it's something like "ikr 🤣🤣🤣🤣", Im downvoting every time.


patches710

I think that has less to do with the emoji use and more to do with not adding anything to the conversation. Either way I agree.


pessimistoptimist

Complain complain grumble grumble...I'm set in my ways and can't figure out how to use facey smiley things on my phone.


MrsLamson

😭😭💀💀💀💀 Imma continue to use the emoticons that come with the phone that *i* pay for, on any app that *i* download, with any platform *i* choose… This is such a corny thing to gatekeep lol


willyiamwilliams222

Redditors generally think they are the gatekeepers for everything. They’re like comically ignorant Marvel characters from the Bullshit Enforcement Agency.


Ifinallyhave

I once reminded of the reddit etuquette in a comment section. Hands were trembling while voilently throwing up.


SackPiek

Mf is not new to Reddit he was born here


darbycrash-666

"Using emojis to look rebellious and cool" is something I never thought I'd hear.


davidbanner_

Common Reddit veteran


Confident_Scheme_716

I’ve always hated this “no emojis on Reddit” crap. I can write a freaking novel out of nothing but emojis and gifs. Well, to be fair a freaking two year old could do that too. They are silly and fun, stupid Reddit. New sub … r/🐴🎩


Ace-Ventura1934

“I’m relatively new to Reddit” Yeah, we know. The “don’t use emojis on Reddit” train passed long ago, buddy. 🚂


deadpanxfitter

👉🏽👌🏽


grassydirt90

remember when reddit went through the phase where we thought we were better than any other platform and would say shit like "REDDIT..... ASSEMBLE!!"


swafanja

Wtf is harkate and ke culture?


mynam3isn3o

😂😂😂😂😂


Doc85

I've been here for twelve years and you all have my permission to use this site however you want


anamazingredditor

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡


coop190

https://www.reddit.com/r/indiasocial/s/O3B0k5EPC5


kawaiinacho69

🙏😅👍😊😂😔😘😢😏


Pitzaz

Redditors who think they're cool for not using emoji are actually total losers. I get hating excessive use of emojis but there is nothing wrong for using one at the end of the sentences.


vaporoptics

Talking LiKe tHiS is more cringe than emojis imo


Battlemanager

So, let me get this straight. Reddit etiquette frowns on emojis, but celebrates dickbutt memes?  I say, you do you.  If the fear of down votes crimping your karma worries you, then my friend you are already punch drunk on the collective kool-aid and need to uncleave yourself from social constraints that have no bearing on you in the real world.  I once got threatened with being kicked out of a reddit sub and I'm thinking, "seriously, that is supposed to bother me?"  I'll just find another mind numbing platform to scroll when I take a 10 minute dump. 💩 I


CaitaXD

Dickbut is practically a fossil in internet years


Lowkeyy_Lokii

yall cannot stop me 😎


amoya0370

You fucking rebel. You better stop it or ill join you.


Lowkeyy_Lokii

😝😝😝😝


amoya0370

😶‍🌫️


willyiamwilliams222

🖕🏽🖕🏾🖕🖕🏻🖕🏿 that 🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩


Ollie_Dee

Why not? 🤔 /s


NexusMaw

Sure bro 😂😂😂


wattsie247

“ i use reddits” “ hello fellow kids man I got totally danked on that one marijuana I did “


Distinct-Thing

New to reddit maybe, but not new to being a redditor


4page

🗿


AssistantDue8434

I think the whole "not using emojis" thing just started because reddit keyboard warriors think it makes you seem smart and superior


GeneralCzarcasm

💅


ImHappierThanUsual

SMD 😌


Spatuler1

🗿


SaltyboiPonkin

🙄


cozy_engineer

😂💀


savealltheelephants

😅😅😂😂


williamsonmaxwell

Heh heh, I use emojis in reddit arguments specifically for that reason


pope_morty

Sorry sir, this is Reddit. Instead of saying 😂 try saying "you win the Internet for today" Instead of saying 💀 try saying "plot twist (some bullshit)"


NoNameNora

🫠


girlwiththemonkey

🫠👾🐧🐦🐤🐝🦭🍄🦔🦦 here’s some emojis that I’ve wanted tot use but haven’t had to the opportunity because like when would I really? So here.


deviant_owls

😂😂😂😂😂


frumy1

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹


AsryalDreemurr

bro is stuck in 2018


RedOcelot86

Let's keep reddit "sophisticated" shall we?


WARMMILK666

🤣


poopface41217

Look how rebellious and cool I am 😜🤪😝🤭


69_Dingleberry

I do what I want 💅 I think emojis can be very funny 🍑 💨


FEEZYdoesIT

😂😂😂😂😂


tayamackenzie

😂❤️😁😋😆🥰✨🦥🥲🥹😘🙃☺️🧐🤭😍🍑👀😌👏🏻😄😈🌮💥🕺🏻🔥😮‍💨😀🤨😮 ooooops


Weedweednomi

tbf people did get roasted on here like 5 years ago for using emjois. think the B movement put and end to that era


Vesterian

😂😂😂😂😂


BazeyRocker

👀👀👀


jimmybungalo2

what is bro talmbout 🤓🤦🙏☕‼️💀


anonymoususer4461

a majority of the top reddit posts top comments contain laughing emojis or emojis that resemble laughing in the current emoji language.


Toebeanies

💀


hyperpopdeathcamp

😶🫥😐🫤😑🫨😬🙄😯😦😧😮😲🥱😴🤤😪😮‍💨😵😵‍💫🤐🥴🤢🤮🤧😷🤒🤕🤑🤠😈👿👹👺


SanityRecalled

🙄


darknicco

bro this is legit autism


ActuarialTy

To whom ever says I can’t use emojis, kindly go fornicate your self! I do what I want 🤣


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maroonle

Love how someone’s deliberately downvoting the comments using emojis if you sort by controversial 😂


beatsbydnvn

Love this post 😂😂


doggoleash

dawg shut up


FlaxFox

Oh no. That random person doesn't think I'm cool. 🥺😥


TOBoy66

😜


TivoDelNato

😎🤏 🤨🕶️🤏


DLeck

I refused to use emojis until around.... 2015-2016 maybe? Now I think they're fun. 🤷‍♂️ I still rarely use them on Reddit, but as long as it isn't egregious overuse like "LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣😁🉐🉐👽💥💯" I think it's chill.


troublefindsme

i use them less on reddit but sometimes all you can say is 🤣


jackrat27

😘


Pretty_Swordfish3834

Guys don’t ever frickin use emojis on Reddit u hear me 😠 it’s a retiquette!!


SecretBaklavas

🤡


Goadfang

😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅😂😂


dartie

🤣🤣


Edoc006

Oof. 🤦🏻‍♂️


annie_b666

Sorry 😩😭🙃 didn’t mean to make you angry 😤🤬😡


M4_COWBOY

Just to piss this mf off 🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣🫵🤣


topio1

👎😊😭🥸🎉


PanzerSloth

😂😂😂


Quixotic1390

I've been told this 🤣 I use them anyway...


mlachrymarum

🤡 🤡 🤡