In this brief advisory video, Vanessa Van Edwards highlights a frequent error in digital communication: using the contempt/smirking emoji to convey happiness or neutrality. She explains that the emoji actually signals contempt, disdain, hatred, or scorn, and urges viewers to match emojis with the intended emotions to avoid miscommunication.
Please, no more contempt emoji for happiness. I have a pet peeve with emojis, which is that people tend to pick the wrong emoji for the emotion that they're trying to show. Here is the most common emoji mistake you're gonna see. It's when people show the contempt or the smirking emoji, which now we know is contempt, disdain, hatred, scorn, and they use it as a half smile or neutral or kinda happy or okay. So be sure that you're using the right emojis for the right emotions.
