Nowadays, In the world of chatting, emojis, stickers and gifs are the real deal that people used to convey a wide range of feelings, notions and ideas.
But I enjoyed using emojis and stickers often.
An Emoji was first created by a Japanese artist in 1998.
It was used by the Japanese then, but later it was added to the iPhone keyboard. This is the point where emojis are well known.
I can remember when I bought my first iPhone in 2014.
It was strange to me when I saw the emojis on the keyboard, but I quickly understood within a short period it's an expression of feelings and ideas that will be used in chat.
I sent it to one of my classmates during my university days. Only three of us were using iPhones in my department then. The guy was confused when I sent the smiling Emoji 馃槃馃槃馃槃 to him.
He replied what's the meaning of this, I explained to him that it represents laughter. The guy was surprised and he loves the emoji. After that day, the guy and I used to communicate with emojis and stickers, and it was interesting.
Up till now, many people don't know how to use emojis and stickers. Last month, I was chatting with a guy. We got to a point where the chat was funny but instead of him replying with a smiling emoji, the guy replied by typing 'smile'.
The response sounds awful to me, and I told him why not use emojis to express his feelings. He replied that he is not used to using it.
I told him it's easy to use and I advised him to use it because it saves time and even makes chatting interesting.
I sent different smiling emojis to him, such as 馃槂馃槃馃榿馃槅 that he can make use of any of the emojis I sent to express his funny feelings. He appreciated it, and since then he has been using different emojis.
Sometimes on my WhatsApp status, whenever I'm not happy, I can represent my mood with emojis on my status. I can display this emoji 馃槨. This represents an angry mood.
Those who can read emojis will slide into my dm and inquire as to what's going on, I replied by telling them my mood and we shall continue the conversation.
About Stickers
I love using stickers because they are more detailed and well-structured than Emojis. You can customize your stickers, and insert your pictures.
Sometimes I make use of funny stickers to tease my friends. I have stickers that display how a dog bites a man. If my friends are teasing me, sometimes I used this sticker for them. I will just send the sticker whereby a dog bites a man.
Immediately they view it, they will be pleading that it won't come to pass, they have understood the message the sticker is passing across to them. This is one of the reasons I love using stickers.
Gifs
They are also lovely, but I'm not used to gifs, I only used them occasionally. I majorly used it to show expressions of love only. I can just send a gif that displays hugs, and appreciation to the person I'm chatting with.
In conclusion, the three elements are fantastic, they have a great impact on digital communication. They have made communications to be more fun and engaging.
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