You’re completely over reacting and might need to spend some time relaxing with other humans
I am going to start using "might need to spend time relaxing with other humans"...brilliant.
Ask HN: Since when does Craigslist's front page have emojis?
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Re: Ask HN: Since when does Craigslist's front page have emojis?
#32> people are beginning to feel emoji fatigue Are they? News to me. I like them. Do they show up in Lynx or whatever terminal-based browser the hip kids are using these day are using?
Lynx won't render the page. Links doesn't show them.
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#34nah the worst part is they moved boats from for sale -> auto. threw off my whole flow
What’s your flow, if you don’t mind? Are you often looking at boats? Just curious
I browse listings for boats and musical instruments more often than I'd like to admit. I live in a town with lots of boats and I've sailed my whole life, so I like to browse listings and dream that maybe one day I'll find a steal.
Re: Ask HN: Since when does Craigslist's front page have emojis?
#35You’re completely over reacting and might need to spend some time relaxing with other humans
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#36I noticed emojis in the top-right corner the other day; I thought, “oh, that’s interesting”, and continued browsing – even though Indeed has more jobs, like Marketplace (1) has more for sale, I far prefer Craigslist for being simple and easy-to-navigate.
1: How many people don’t delete Facebook because of it? When I left Facebook for good, losing access to Marketplace felt like a real sacrifice.
It was worse in a rural village here in Alaska, where everything was on Facebook, much to my dismay. But the upside of a small community is that I heard about things anyway via word-of-mouth.
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#37“Emoji Fatigue??” It’s a little late for that. Emojis are normal now. They’re to be expected. They’re here to stay, forever.
Language has shifted. It’s ridiculous to try to pretend it’s upsetting it even novel at this point.
What’s really odd is places that specifically don’t support emojis nowadays.
Re: Ask HN: Since when does Craigslist's front page have emojis?
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
> unnecessary visual distraction I think I personally see emojis used in this manner as unnecessary visual distraction, because it detracts from whatever self-consistent design system you had going on (when used for high visibility items like front page headings). Emojis don't even render the same on every platform, so its a move that dilutes your design language. Even if it's a useful visual guide, I would wager nin…
Sites having individual "design language" is part of the problem that got us to the current balkanized web.
It isn't a problem. Site authors being able to choose their own design is fundamental to the web, it is as much a platform for personal creative expression as it is information. Not everything has to look like a whitepaper.
Re: Ask HN: Since when does Craigslist's front page have emojis?
#39Would have been nice when they had casual encounters - eggplant, water droplets, tongue peach.
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