In this day and age, emojis mimic the average person’s desire for speed and instant gratification. The decreased time it takes to send an emoji compared to writing out one’s feelings compels people. With its increasing demand, the number of these pictures has drastically grown and social networks sites have released new emoji-like features, such as Facebook’s “reactions.”
While emojis are meant for people to be more in touch with their emotions and share them more easily, they often create an emotional block and create a mask between a genuine and fake emotion. This leads to impersonal relationships and a false understanding of someone’s character and personality.
Emojis also decrease the impact of storytelling. Through a string of emojis, one does not receive the details and information, and the receiver typically does not attain true insight to a person’s life and experiences.
People use these emoticons as a language, some conversations relying entirely upon pictures. Yet it is impossible to describe everything. Although there are almost 2000 emojis, it doesn’t even compare to the vastness of written language.
Many use emojis to express their creativity. Although this may seem true, emojis are someone else’s work and are just chosen, not painstakingly drawn and developed. People are losing the capacity to do this through words. Without emojis, one can still express themselves and be clear and creative through their own speech by actually formulating a way to emphasize a point or portray feelings, instead of relying on pictures for expression.
Overall, emojis are more powerful than they seem. They can be used for flair and personality, yet they aren’t just smiley and winky faces. Emojis cannot be used to describe everything, and one must remember the value of words and how vital they are to society.
