Andy Reid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoAI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txtwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down115
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1external-linkAI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txtwww.theverge.comAndy Reid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square200fedilink
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWell of the three usages: graphical echo (“I saw a cat today 🐱”) mood/attitude particles (“I wish I were just a cat 😕”) ideographic usage (“I saw a 🐱 today”) The echo is almost certainly the least useful. When overused gratuitously, it can be funny (NSFW examples included)!
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThat overuse feels a lot like a fourth category. It’s almost meta-, as if using emojis to parody emoji usage! I’m not sure if it’s usage for echo or as mood particles makes me roll my eyes the most. Perhaps echo, too. Are you a linguist? Fabulous descriptive capabilities you have there. More like “ability to remember vocab from uni times” (My second grad included Linguistics, although I don’t work on the field nowadays.)
Well of the three usages:
graphical echo (“I saw a cat today 🐱”)
mood/attitude particles (“I wish I were just a cat 😕”)
ideographic usage (“I saw a 🐱 today”)
The echo is almost certainly the least useful.
When overused gratuitously, it can be funny (NSFW examples included)!
That overuse feels a lot like a fourth category. It’s almost meta-, as if using emojis to parody emoji usage!
I’m not sure if it’s usage for echo or as mood particles makes me roll my eyes the most. Perhaps echo, too.
More like “ability to remember vocab from uni times” (My second grad included Linguistics, although I don’t work on the field nowadays.)