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Since I got in the habit of using emotes at the end of my sentences a lot, I naturally just started dropped the period entirely and indenting to indicate the end of a sentence whenever I use them :/
I know it looks a little iffy but it follows the same instant messaging style so instead of 4 sentences across 4 separate messages or one bulky paragraph, it's one big message with 4 spaced out sentences.
I like using the little emotes a lot, especially since it helps sometimes where there are slight language barriers to let the other person know you mean well by ending it with a little ^-^ or something like that in case there is an accidental misinterpretation.
That's probably why my messaging style changed a lot since then 😅
For what it's worth, if I have to choose... Definitely before the period to make the sentence complete ^-^ .

hmm i know what you mean. i don't use them often, but when i do, i try to have them at the end of a paragraph kind of away from punctuation. i think most of the time i just use emojis instead, now that they're built into windows. since emojis are little pictures on their own instead of punctuation made to look like little pictures, they don't really interfere with punctuation, and it's much cleaner. no emoji can replace ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ though, which i love that it's also built in to windows.

To me It looks a bit cut-off from the sentence when you use it after the period. This is probably personal taste so maybe to each their own.. but the concern of using them in the middle of a paragraph is more.. "serious". I feel like a smiley (yep, learned them this way, hard to let go) is like a punchline like when you're looking the other person with whatever emotion/gaze you have after finishing a sentece, which in spoken word is pretty much a paragraph.
As a recap: Definitely at the end of a paragraph. Prefer before a period but it's subjective and in fact maybe even skip the period when you use them see ;-)

EDIT: I should point out that this is only for periods. Any other punctuation mark should come before the emoticon although sometimes they can replace punctuation.. (there, even called it by it's name 8-o ) <-- exclamation mark style..

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Completely agree, Cjcomplex. I just shorten my paragraphs when I want to use emoticons. :p

geeze, make me actually contemplate my emoji usage and what conventions i apparently follow, why don't you. but you're right, little faces in the middle of a paragraph ruins the visual flow, putting them at the end looks more organic and serves as additional punctuation.

Well I'd say that emoticons are kind of informal, and when writing in an informal way punctuation doesn't matter too much.
For myself I just use them at the very end or on their own so ¯_(ツ)_/¯.

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On one hand - 👌, on the other - ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Yes 🤔?

Nope! 😐

Using emojis in the professional world.

Nice, that we have serious things to talk about. :-/

Idk, this is what happens when I try to do everything but work. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I can totally relate to this. ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

I normally just drop the . and put the emoji as a replacement.

"In English, we generally place symbols at the end of a sentence, which is why it’s time to formalize this rule when using emojis with other writing. If you’re going to include an emoji (or a series of emojis) in your sentence, add them after your punctuation. Of course, you can send emoji combinations as standalone phrases, although they may or may not be understood by your recipients. There are also some very inventive examples of using emojis to replace words, which are entertaining but often difficult to read."

~https://www.grammarly.com/blog/11emoji-grammar-tips-to-save-your-texts/

I put them after an exclamation or question mark, like this see? 😋

But I ommit dots when using an emoji, like this 😀 The emoji replaces the dot. It's a habit left from childhood, fight me 🤷🏻‍♂️

Oh wait, this is about emoticons xD Looks like same logic applies for me, is that weird? :P And I don't mind them mid-paragraph.

If anything, I'd say after, but usually I omit the punctuation when using an emoji at the end. Also procrastination FTW, I'm at least sure of that.

I personally don't mind emoticons in the middle of the paragraph, so emoticons after punctuation is the way to go for me. :P

How about a comma, 🤔? Or maybe semi-colon; 😶? That's usually what I do if I want to say something right after a sentence regarding the sentence. One last idea. 😄💡. Maybe it can be part of its own sentence.

i type at the end of the paragraph and no period after it, like so \o/

Always after the paragraph for me and no period 😃

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Even if such a thing is said, it is probably the specification of the universe.😂