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by 4gotunameagain 658 days ago
It is not a regression. It is a way of encoding the incredibly nuanced human communication into dry text.

We communicate with much more than language (autistic persons excluded, as they can be blind to social cues) and many messages are open to multiple interpretations. Emojis help frame the context, which would otherwise be framed by inflexion, tone, subtle movements of tens facial muscles.

It is adaptation instead of regression really.