Is it ok to use graphical emoji instead of the old :word: markup text style?

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I have trouble remembering the old-school emoji tags. Other than the ancient text emoji “:D”, “;)” “:(” which were on BBS boards in 1990.

More hard to remember is the word tags.
That start and end with a colon. :aword:

:baseball:, :poop:, :cold_face:\

:baseball: , :poop:, :cold_face:

Also it’s impossible to display the damn tags. I used double-double quotes and the markup text editor interpreted anyway.

I usually enter : and scroll through anything suggested by Discourse.

Is using the graphical emoji on our phone keyboard an acceptable alternative?

I personally like using the contemplative, thinking face :thinking: emoji.

I prefer using :sweat_smile: or :laughing: instead of rhe old-skool LOL

I understand excessive emoji use is not acceptable here. It’s not acceptable to me either. I wouldn’t read a post with eight emoji scattered like turds in it.

emoji is a seasoning, like salt.
It has to be judiciously and thoughtfully applied.

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Try a backslash to escape them. :cold_face:

ETA: Well, that didn’t work.

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LOL

I surrender to the all-mighty Discourse mark-up text editor. It whipped my booty.

Anyway, most people are familiar with the emoji, markup tags :aUseFullWord:

There’s at least 30 or more in Discourse.

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I believe using the emoji on your keyboard and using the :text: style actually display the same emoji after the post submits.

testing:

:smiley: :smiley:

yep. That second one looked very different when I typed it in (honestly, it looks really bad – Microsoft should do better). But Discourse just uses its own emoji.

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My main concern is whether an unusual emoji not usually supported by Discourse would display correctly on all platforms and screens.

I wouldn’t want an ASCII code or Hex code displayed instead.

Most people have seen a odd symbol in their Word document. A extra line feed, page feed, or line terminator code.

Any of this stuff from the Extended ASCII Table. (character code 128-255)

It would make a post difficult to read.
I normally use standard emoji but wanted to double check with people more knowledgeable with html.

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* Binary: 10000111
  • HTML Number: �
  • HTML Name: ‡
  • Description: Double dagger|
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You have a few minutes to edit a post. Every emoji I’ve tried to use has come out fine. But if you try to use one and it doesn’t, just edit your post and remove it. And if you don’t see it in time, you can ask a mod to edit it for you. I make tons of typos. I’m happy to fix other people’s typos on request.