Why do Lemmy users rarely use emoticons?

Slow@lemmy.today to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 212 points –

Reading comments in different communities, I noticed that users hardly leave smilies. Why is that?

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I don't like to have to press a button, then search for an emoji. Emoticons are faster to write, I mostly use the :), :/, etc.

I changed that in Mastodon, for example. Someone told me that screen readers have trouble reading emoticons, so I mostly use stickers or emojis there.