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ColinWright
Why do you post a random question with no examples, context, or explanation as to why it's interesting?
tsegratis
\(^?^)/ ... (>﹏<) ... :-)
tsegratis
Why is it not possible to put emoji in HN comments?
bnt
What additional value do emojis add, that plain text already doesn’t?
tsegratis
Getting open source pull requests accepted is a lot like pulling teeth

I agree emoji add ~0 meaning. But the added encouragement helps me

I got DragonFlyBSD support into Zig this week. The emoji tell me that people care (Edit: thanks to them)

But HN, dunno...

Maybe aswell as points, being able to thumb-up posts could be another way to encourage people to have constructive and positive interaction?

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CyberFonic
After spending a great deal of time and effort in tracking down some obscure bug and fixing the code, a bit of venting using emojis is almost a reflex action.
rapnie
I've seen repo's use them as a way of categorising the type of commit (don't have an example at hand), which could be a good use if used consistently and the categories fit your workflow.