Emote
{{Short description|Pictorial depiction of an action in an online chat}}
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An emote is an entry in a text-based chat client that indicates an action taking place.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pilgrim.demon.co.uk/irc/guide.html#emote |title=Acorn IRC: Introduction to IRC |access-date=2011-10-17 |archive-date=2016-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731124910/http://www.pilgrim.demon.co.uk/irc/guide.html#emote |url-status=dead }} Unlike emoticons, they are not text art, and instead describe the action using words or images (similar to emoji).
Overview
In most IRC chat clients, entering the command "/me" will print the user's name followed by whatever text follows. For example, if a user named Joe typed "/me jumps with joy", the client will print this as "Joe jumps with joy" in the chat window.
* Joe jumps with joy again.
In online chatrooms that do not support the "/me" command, it is conventional to read text surrounded by asterisks as if it were emoted. For example, reading "Joe: *jumps with joy*" in a chat log would suggest that the user had intended the words to be performed rather than spoken.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pilgrim.demon.co.uk/irc/guide.html#emote |title=Acorn IRC: Introduction to IRC |access-date=2011-10-17 |archive-date=2016-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731124910/http://www.pilgrim.demon.co.uk/irc/guide.html#emote |url-status=dead }}
In MMORPGs with visible avatars, such as EverQuest, Asheron's Call, Second Life and World of Warcraft, certain commands entered through the chat interface will print a predefined /me emote to the chat window and cause the character to animate, and in some cases produce sound effects. For example, entering "/confused" into World of Warcraft's chat interface will play an animation on the user's avatar and print "You are hopelessly confused." in the chat window.[http://everquest.allakhazam.com/emotes.html ZAM EverQuest: Game Emotes]
Emotes are used primarily online in video games and, more recently, on smartphones. Image-based emotes are frequently used in the chat feature of the streaming service Twitch.{{cite web |url=https://twitchemotes.com/ |title=Twitch Emotes – Bringing a little Kappa to you everyday |last=Community |first=The |website=twitchemotes.com |access-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025185718/https://twitchemotes.com/ |archive-date=October 25, 2017 |url-status=live}} Twitch also allows users to upload animated emotes encoded with the GIF format.{{Cite web |title=Customer Support |url=https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/animated-emotes?language=en_US |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=help.twitch.tv}}
See also
References
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Sources
- [https://www.rd.com/article/history-of-emoji/ "History of emotes and why we use them": Reader's Digest]
- [https://www.pcgamer.com/the-history-of-dance-emotes-in-11-gifs/ "History of emotes in gifs": PC Gamer]
- [https://www.wired.com/story/guide-emoji/ "Complete history of the emote": Wired]
- [https://superemotes.com/html/tools/animate-emotes.html "Animate your Emote and Convert it to a GIF: SuperEmotes"]
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