Smileys/Emojis in Second Life (please join the feature request)

[Wili Clip]

Hello everyone!

I run a big gaming community where players earn linden dollars by playing in Second Life. What I believe is missing in Second Life the most and it would not be very technically demanding to implement by Linden Lab are the emojis in SL chat.

😎😌👍

Emojis are part of internet culture. Communication in Second Life would be greatly enhanced. 🤩

What do you think? Give your vote for emojis in Second Life. 😥

 

Edited April 17, 2019 by Wili Clip

[Scylla Rhiadra]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO . . . !!!!

*echoes bounce off the walls of this empty thread*

[LittleMe Jewell]

Edited April 17, 2019 by LittleMe Jewell

[Solar Legion]

Why? 

[Hereafter Vortex]

How?

[Ethan Paslong]

here also a big

[Cindy Evanier]

45 minutes ago, Ethan Paslong said:

here also a big

[lucagrabacr]

No, it would make one of the most used means of communication on SL seem way more trivial and undermine SL's dedication of being a virtual world platform. There are ASCII arts and symbols already, not to mention gestures, those works just fine and are fine but straight up emojis is just no lol.

[Kurshie Muromachi]

Emojified names will be the new thing 🤣

[stlshayne]

Honestly, I think you all expect this to be much bigger than it would be. All this person is saying is would SL's chat support the more recent versions of unicode which support emoji. It's unlikely more people would use emojis, since the only emoji support would either be: a. someone uses SL from their phone, or b. someone uses sl from their computer but copy and pastes emojis. No one is asking for a LL emoji hud or anything. I would much rather have silent emojis over some of the more obnoxious and repetitive gestures I have to hear.

Edited April 17, 2019 by stlshayne

[Ethan Paslong]

5 minutes ago, stlshayne said:

Honestly, I think you all expect this to be much bigger than it would be

so you think to know what we think and shouldn't express that when it's asked?
still a no.

[stlshayne]

Just now, Ethan Paslong said:

so you think to know what we think and shouldn't express that when it's asked?
still a no.

I go on to clarify exactly what I mean, but fine, reply just to my main sentence with no explanation. 

[Talligurl]

11 hours ago, Wili Clip said:

Communication would be enhanced

by allowing people to use silly pictures instead of actual words.

I really don't think so.

[Skell Dagger]

🤦‍♂️👎🖕😒

[Solar Legion]

2 hours ago, stlshayne said:

Honestly, I think you all expect this to be much bigger than it would be. All this person is saying is would SL's chat support the more recent versions of unicode which support emoji. It's unlikely more people would use emojis, since the only emoji support would either be: a. someone uses SL from their phone, or b. someone uses sl from their computer but copy and pastes emojis. No one is asking for a LL emoji hud or anything. I would much rather have silent emojis over some of the more obnoxious and repetitive gestures I have to hear.

And again - why? 

There is pretty much no point, at all. Expression is currently handled by gestures, ASCII art and expression systems in mesh heads. 

The first two function in text only mobile clients. 

Honestly there are far more important things Linden Lab could do than to implement an Emoji system, just to please the mobile/txt speek crowd. 

[Rhonda Huntress]

I would rather the development time needed to implement this be spent on last year's promised projects but otherwise, I wouldn't care if they included emojis.  I wouldn't use them and still have a ton of space on my block list for those that will inevitably spam them so why not?

[Cindy Evanier]

3 minutes ago, Solar Legion said:

just to please the mobile/txt speek crowd. 

now I am having nightmares about "Hi sxy hru"  followed by that aubergine (eggplant) emoji that means things innocent girls like myself don't know about

[Alyona Su]

8 minutes ago, Cindy Evanier said:

now I am having nightmares about "Hi sxy hru"  followed by that aubergine (eggplant) emoji that means things innocent girls like myself don't know about

Wait, what DOES that eggplant emoji mean? Seriously? 

[Ethan Paslong]

8 minutes ago, Cindy Evanier said:

 things innocent girls like myself don't know about

hurry .. or you won't be ready for Easter Vigil

[Love Zhaoying]

Just now, Alyona Su said:

Wait, what DOES that eggplant emoji mean? Seriously? 

I guess if your name is “Richard” or “Dick”, the eggplant emoji is for you!

[Cindy Evanier]

5 minutes ago, Alyona Su said:

Wait, what DOES that eggplant emoji mean? Seriously? 

The eggplant emoji is frequently combined with other emoji. When paired with the mouth emoji, it can suggest oral sex. ... Coupled with the sweat droplets emoji, it can represent ejaculation. Because of its suggestiveness, the eggplant emoji is often used in sexting.

Edited April 17, 2019 by Cindy Evanier

[Syo Emerald]

24 minutes ago, Cindy Evanier said:

now I am having nightmares about "Hi sxy hru"  followed by that aubergine (eggplant) emoji that means things innocent girls like myself don't know about

Respond with a peanut emoji.

[Ethan Paslong]

15 minutes ago, Cindy Evanier said:

eggplant

guess i know now what i'll have for dinner...ty Cindy 

[Resi Pfeffer]

12 hours ago, Wili Clip said:

Emojis are part of internet culture. Communication in Second Life would be greatly enhanced. 🤩

Sure thing. As "enhanced" as all that fancy display names you have to decipher first, before talking to someone: ᵛⁱᵖ٠..::亗®€$¡ þf€ff€®亗::..٠ᵛⁱᵖ
 

[Alyona Su]

1 hour ago, Love Zhaoying said:

I guess if your name is “Richard” or “Dick”, the eggplant emoji is for you!

 

1 hour ago, Cindy Evanier said:

The eggplant emoji is frequently combined with other emoji. When paired with the mouth emoji, it can suggest oral sex. ... Coupled with the sweat droplets emoji, it can represent ejaculation. Because of its suggestiveness, the eggplant emoji is often used in sexting.

Thank you both. I am so socially naïve LOL