ive noticed a subtle decline in people using emojis in the last year or two. like, its very subtle, probably at or under the statistical noise floor, but i think they're on the way out culturally. in one-to-one communication they come across as "facebook aunt" these days, and in one-to-many media, the vibe they communicate is often just "AI smell"

@jk meanwhile the rise in voice memos has risen exponentially. As it allows voice inflections to be included, adding the context of an emoji is no longer required.

https://www.businessinsider.com/group-chat-voice-memos-better-texting-apple-whatsapp-hinge-2025-4?op=1

https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/06/11/sending-voice-memos/

I was sick of texting. The solution was only a tap away.

Texting silenced our voices. Now they're making a comeback.

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