Emojis and GIFs express so much about the emotion we are feeling without having to use many words and without having to really be there in person to show that emotion to others.
How people express themselves online can often take the form of emojis, GIFS and other similar symbol or motion picture than words can do.
Words like LOL, LMAO, and other similar acronyms talks more about how we feel than actually feeling that from a person because since you cannot be there physically and in proximity to the person for those feelings to be felt in the "normal" sense, there is the use of codes and symbols that transmit these feelings to the receiving end.
This has to be done because since the various communities and persons which contact each other on the web have to express themselves, than of course there has to be symbols to transmit the feeling to the other being.
They are a communication code of a kind which has been developed in order to communicate our emotions through the use of symbols online. And it is really effective.
I remember watching the roast of Justin Bieber on Comedy Central and a lot of the jokes being said had to do with Emojis and at that moment I did realize the popularity of Emojis and even right now I'm using an upper case E when spelling Emoji, if that doesn't tell you something abou the importance of Emojis, oh man.
A lot of times people will say LOL as the code of "that make me laugh" and it doesn't necessarily have to mean "laughing out loud" the code can be defined in as many ways as can be interepreted. When I talk to a friend, sometimes I get send the Emoji which could be said to stand for the LOL acronym, which is a face with two tear drops coming out of the sides, and that of course communicates to me that the person is "laughing out loud." And that is just one emoji.
On an iPhone and iPad, there are categories of emojis which are: PEOPLE, NATURE, FOOD & DRINK, CELEBRATION, ACTIVITY, TRAVEL & PLACES, OBJECTS & SYMBOLS. Do people really generally talk about these things that they would merit an emoji for them? I guess so. You find under the PEOPLE category emotions for the various which would you expect a person in real life to have.
On Facebook Messenger, emojis have categories for HAPPY, LOVE, SAD, EATING, CELEBRATING, ACTIVE, WORKING, SLEEPY, ANGRY and CONFUSED and there are other emojis in the form of animations or cartoon-like characters which also express emotions.
GIFs have become an increasignly popular way of expressing emotions by using moving pictures to express an emotion instead of a static symbol. I personally love using GIFs because they are so funny sometimes and they communicate just the right feeling that I want to get across.
You have really to think about how much effort is put into making a communication of emotion playful and creative on these messaging systems and platforms and the amount of effort placed in being able to express emotions through symbols on the web.
It all comes down making a communication happen and making communication which will be understood by the receiver. A receiver who is a real person and real feelings and who responds to a communication filled with life.
The point is that all of this is done in order to communicate feelings through symbols and codes on devices and computers to real human beings since they are the medium through which communication is happening to a person to person or interpersonal or public relationships.
That is how important communication and communication of feelings is on these platforms. That is how important the human element is to these web applications and communication platforms.For it were not for this human element, these networks would be useless and would be lifeless.
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