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Dan Gillmor

Just noticed a great Mastodon (web) feature: mouse-over emoticons and you get a popup saying what they are. If you are as emoticon-illiterate as me, you'll find this super-useful.

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IanMoore3000

@dangillmor wow it does that on mobile too if you put finger on them.

Flaming Cheeto

@IanMoore3000 @dangillmor I just tried that on my android (plain Mastodon app) and it just selected it like it was text

BronMason

@IanMoore3000 @dangillmor

Neat trick but didnโ€™t work for me.
No worriesโ€”I have curated a collection of emojis that I use alot & I think about cover any situation.
๐Ÿ˜น๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ™€๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝโค๏ธ & the newest addition ๐Ÿซค.

Ken Tindell

@dangillmor Or you have blurry eyes from staring at a screen all day: emoji are tiny!

Dan Gillmor

@Johncdvorak As noted, I'm illiterate in the category...

Berel Youdovich ๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿšซโ™ป๏ธ๐Ÿฆ 

@dangillmor

Normally if someone said they were gonna mouse-over my emoticons I might take offense.

Stephen Rees :verifiedgreen:

@dangillmor About the only one I use frequently is ๐Ÿงต (thread) but is v useful given the restricted number of keystrokes we can use in posts

Tulsi_Sue

@dangillmor ๐Ÿ™Œ Iโ€™m not on the web. I just hope this one means high ten.

paul

@dangillmor
Yes it's helpful, eh.๐Ÿ‘โ€‹

cultdev

@dangillmor though itโ€™s worth noting emoticons are often used in ways slightly or significantly different from their โ€œdesignedโ€ meaning

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