The 😄 is too much of a grin.

Created by: GeorgeWL

The 😄 is too much of a grin. It should be replaced with more of a smile one, prototype:

(The prototype is from @Demon000 , not me. I merely thought it was a issue worth requesting.)

Some discussion has taken place in this issue but thanks for creating this separate one.

I like to use :grinning: 😀

Created by: GeorgeWL

Yeah, I thought it best to separate so as not to have clutter in that one, like to keep it on topic.

Cause really the op of that one has two separate semi-related issues which would work best handled separately.

to use words, 😄 feels more like an ecstatic joy, when the more common use is a mild excitement or contentment.

I'm glad you oppened this issue, I was too lazy to do it. The existing smile sends the message of excitement, rather than compassion, which isn't really appropriate, at least for the way I use it.

Created by: ghost

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Created by: mholt

Seconded.

• :) is a simple smile, should not be a laugh like currently: 😄 The laugh variant could possibly be ^_^
• :P renders to 😜 which is winking. Why is it winking?? Winking is inappropriate in some contexts, and embarrassing. ;P is the winking variant.

I'd much rather like to see emoticons implemented like Slack or GitHub.

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Disastrous side effects

The guy thought I was laughing at him 😔

Created by: ghost

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I wouldn't even make it have the ^^ eyes. The eyes in 😀 would be okay.

Created by: GeorgeWL

I tend to think of 😄 as being laughter smiley and represented with :D . and :) 😊 as being the little tiny happy smile.

Might it make sense to switch to the Unicode smiles, no confusion then? Github has native translation of them into emoticons

Created by: interDist

emojis are proving more and more confusing in opposite to their declared goal – see recent research highlighting that people cannot even agree on whether a particular emoji represents a positive or negative emotion. it does not help that each platform renders them in a different way.

Created by: nag5000

I think :simple_smile: from http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/ would be better than :blush: or :grinning: for :)