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gamer@lemm.ee
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Has there ever been a study from like an anthropologist/evolutionary biologist or something about why the :) smiley won out over the =) smiley? I used to be a =) guy back in the day, but over time felt pressured to switch to :) because everyone else was using it. Now, whenever I see someone use =) I just assume they’re a boomer or something.

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Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk
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I’ve never thought about that. Could it be because :) became the shortcut for emoji?

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supremeloser@lemmy.sdf.org
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It came before emojis/a shortcut for them. I would think it’s from T9 keyboards. If you wanted any of those types of characters, it was a cycle of a single button and : comes before =, so doing : ) was a lot less button presses than = )

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