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Didn’t know that, thanks :)
A few of those actually use emojis in the kaomoji
I do not use emojis.
ಠ︵ಠ
I think the "regular" emoji feel somewhat out of place here
Why would anyone need to express emotions in a universal language?
🙄
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I use text emoticons like I always have :D
OwO
For some emotions there isn't even an emoji yet.
UwU
And let's hope there never is.
this one. only this one:
We do a little posting
big fan of the old school blob emoji with cat ears 
Emojis like these are built in... 😺 🙀 😻 🐈
Not quite the same, but you can just type :cat and it pops up a quick list.
I gratuitously use cat emoji don't worry. It's not the same without blobby though.
(・へ・)
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
(－‸ლ)
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
ಠ_ಠ
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
xDˣᴰ
Do you copy and paste every time you use text emojis with specail characters? Do you have them saved on your phone/computer for easy access?
Sync has a ton built in, so just a button click.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
ಠ_ಠ
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
(👁 ͜ʖ👁)
(งツ)ว
ʘ‿ʘ
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
(•_•)
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■)
[̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅$̲̅]
(シ_ _)シ
I use Gboard which has them in the emoji menu: ʘ‿ʘ ᕙ(＠°▽°＠)ᕗ (゜o゜; (＾3＾♪ ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯ (┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻ ಠ︵ಠ ╏ ” ⊚ ͟ʖ ⊚ ” ╏ →(° °)┗
(Just a few examples)
You can't go wrong with a table flips (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
they just make me (ノ｀´)ノ ~┻━┻
and then I like to ─=≡Σ((((╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Personally, I'm OK with emoji as long as you don't spam them (3+ times the same emoji is spamming imo)
1 emoji for a normal expression
2 emoji for a heavy expression
3 emoji is still acceptable but my personal limit of tolerance
Instance admins can add images to be used as emojis via the emoji picker. 
Finally, an emoji that's worth being that big
All of the above.
I resisted using emojis for a long time, but I changed jobs during Covid and was working from home permanently. I suddenly worked with a bunch of people I had never met before, and I realized that these people don't know my demeanor, so they don't know how to read my tone. I found emojis are almost necessary to convey tone in this situation. And after that, it kinda stuck.
I'm a fan of emojis that I can hear. 
None and I installed an emoji blocked on firefox.
(☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞
☜(°ヮ°☜)
Regular emoji is just easier. But I do have a keyboard shortcut for the ¯\(ツ)/¯ which is my main textface, if annoying to edit his arm back in
I read somewhere that proper emojis are more accessible for screen readers, so I've avoided using the old style smiley versions and textmojis ever since.
Old school smileys :-) because My Keyboard app doesn't have a emoji board.
My usage is fairly restricted:
- old school :^) for non-sarcastic irony
- (¬¬) for eye rolling
- shorthand emojis (e.g. if talking about Stardew Valley, instead of "the four hearts event" I might type "the 4♥ event")
- as a way to avoid a specific word for metalinguistic reasons (e.g. "⟨dog⟩ is the signifier, 🐶 is the signified")
I am old school :)
ASCII alone already does offer a rather wide range of emotions, no need for unicode. :D
My keyboard has a built in text face keyboard
( ≧∀≦)ノ
I like the classic ಠᴗಠ text faces
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️