How using smiley emoji may offend and using crying laughing face is mocked
In the latest spout of confusion on how different generations use technology to communicate, it has been revealed that using the popular smiley face emoji may not be a good thing. Those in the Generation Z age bracket (born between the late 1990s and early 2010s) are taking a stand against how millennials and above use emojis.
In recent years, there has been an array of debate over how we use modern technology to communicate with each other.
This has included not using vowels in text messages and never ending a sentence with a full stop on WhatsApp – with emojis now the cause of controversy.
According to teenagers and people in their 20s, a smiley face emoji could come across as patronising, passive-aggressive and even rude.
Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Hafeezat Bishi – who is 21-years-old – revealed that she was stunned to be met with the emoji by colleagues after starting an internship at a Brooklyn-based digital media firm.
