Re:The handshake emoji is more complicated than you might think
by yeahr4579 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @10:59AM
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I don’t use emojis much but if you use Discord they have male, female and “person”! I always use person because I feel weird specifically selecting what gender I am. Feels like I’m making a “big” deal out of nothing I guess
Re:The handshake emoji is more complicated than you might think
by andai on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:17AM
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If your goal is anonymity, it's worth nothing that you are revealing more bits of information about yourself by using the person-facepalming variant than one of the gendered ones.
Re:The handshake emoji is more complicated than you might think
by lolsal on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:38AM
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What makes you think this is about anonymity? I would guess it's more about the author's identity and being represented in technological evolutions since we absolutely have the technology these days.
Re:The handshake emoji is more complicated than you might think
by mLuby on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:32PM
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Is that because it's more unusual, like being very anonymous in a little pond? Or maybe you mean something else.
Re:The handshake emoji is more complicated than you might think
by globular-toast on Thursday May 06, 2021 @04:55AM
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It's more conspicuous, yes. If you want to be more anonymous online, I would assume a male persona.
But to use some emoji (e.g. facepalming) I must gender that speech, and therefore myself. I'd prefer not to have to do this, especially to relative strangers on the Internet, so I appreciate that "person-facepalming" is becoming available on more platforms.
It'd be nice if the gendered variants were collapsed a bit (like the skin color variants) to reduce clutter.