Gregory's Server@macberg I'm glad I skipped that stuff. Imagine how many bytes I've avoided sending through cables by just typing text. I find it hard to take seriously a claim that emojis and gifs are meaningful communication devices. Not too long ago those were considered kid stuff lol.
People can't type anymore is my guess. Touch typing was worth learning looking back.
But good thing about never using such things is being able to truly not care about them.
@smxi I can't say I disagree, but if a platform/service/whatever wants a meaningful market share they have to give the masses what they want - and the masses demand animated things and graphics in their chats. And to be fair, some things are much more easily conveyed with a suiting gif (although it can also make an unbelievable mess of a large group chat, but people seem to not care).