Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?

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  • Corroded@leminal.space
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    11 months ago

    I still test out messaging apps by using this fella

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    (0.0)

    (> <)

    I’d be interested to see which ones you have on that file

    Edit: Lemmy apparently doesn’t like the rabbit’s formatting

    • cerement@slrpnk.net
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      11 months ago

      either escape the backslash or embed the whole thing in a code block

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      and Markdown insists on breaking anything with a less-than character (considering the preview shows correctly but then you hit “Save”) …

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      You can escape formatting by adding a backslash in front.

      this is a quote

      > this is an escaped quote

    • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 months ago

      The rabbit’s left ear looks like it should be a backslash (\_/)

      Backslash is an escape character used in formatting, so if you want to actually display a backslash you need to use two (\\_/)

    • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Oh the file itself turned out to be garbage because it was a text file. So it was terrible at preserving spacing and all that. I can upload it when I get home if you want nostalgia more than usability lol I probably used it for a month out of stubbornness before just finding a website that hosts emoticons.