How come no one uses emotes on this site?

":3, 0.0, o.o, o-o" << I never see any emotes used in any sentences, it doesn't bother me, it just seems weird that no one ever uses them.

i use them from time to time o.0

Because smilies 😄

So thats what those are called!

is it emotes or emojis, I get those confuzzled.

i thought they were called emoticons

YouTube video

Maybe emotes are like the grandparents of emoticons.

"Back in my day, we just needed some colons and parentheses..."