All seriousness, this could not be more wrong. It may be cultural. Let me explain... ( https://twitter.com/tressiemcphd/status/1122126039801573377?s=09 …)https://twitter.com/Slate/status/1123938463424950272 …
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Reactions emoji are the digital version of the utterances that cohere a group dialogue. "Uh huh" "uh hmm" "yay yay" "I know that's right"
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You would think a gif or emoji would replicate this effect. I did. I was wrong. They are a step too formal, which can have the opposite of the intended effect of group utterances - they mark you as different
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Material world equivalent is the person who says "I know that is correct!" instead of "I know that's right". They only look equivalent out of context but every black woman can tell you they are not the same
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Now you probably see where I'm going... Shannon sounds...not black. Which isn't to say only black women use reactions this way but something in Shannon's group texts ain't like the others and it might be Shannon.
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Shorter: Voiced pauses are an important part of communication and group identity! If you hate the ones in your group, you're probably not really in that group.
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Replying to @tressiemcphd
Digitally-mediated communication is scaled up oral psychodynamics, not a downscaled version of literacy or even secondary orality—part billion. Black Twitter agility reflects the better preservation of oral culture among that community—part zillion.
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Literate classes and communities who are too deeply steeped in literacy (ahem, journalists & academics especially in rich countries and especially from highly educated backgrounds) have difficulty with all this, part-i-lost-count.
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Replying to @zeynep
Imagine privileging the integrity of group chat independently of relationships
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