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« on: January 10, 2017, 03:05:40 am »
I'm honestly a bit guilty of this myself. But, I have a bit of a reason for it. While I firmly believe that people who are not as literate should be allowed to learn from those who are more so, I also believe that it's hard to move a story along and/or make a connection between characters when there are very obvious literary barriers between them. And, in my eyes, excessive emojis can be a sign of immaturity(not that this is necessarily a bad thing), and one of my immediate turn-offs when it comes to befriending someone in the game is when someone is using a lot of emojis/abbreviations ("xD lawl") simply because my mind sort of associates that with an immaturity. Not that this is so for everyone, and I know that I probably should be a bit more open-minded, but I believe that there is a bit of a need for the literate/illiterate barrier. Not completely, of course, keeping in mind different roleplay styles.
But imagine someone using asterisks or dashes (*/-) to roleplay with someone who roleplayed as if they were writing a book? It doesn't really fit well together. (ex. "*he bites her*" versus "His teeth dug into her skin.")
This is only my opinion though. I understand if anyone disagrees.