I was going to say, I think it’s carry-over from Reddit, which is vehemently anti-emoji.
I think they are fine, even helpful, punctuating a larger comment, but I think the fear is tolerance leads to posts that just consist of 👍
or 🤣🤣🤣
which are ambiguous (is that agreement or mockery?) and just trash quality content that contributes nothing to the discourse.
All we’re doing is making the US not a credible source of climate data. It changes nothing except someone else will take over the mantle of authority.