If you’re seeing this because of my bluesky post recommending you gtfo that site welcome to one of the coziest places on the internet for leftists & other queer folx.
Be chill, don’t be a debate nerd, & we have custom emotes here! 
New folks. theres lots of emojis. either click the smiley face on the bar above where you're texting, between the chain link thingy and the portrait thingy, or when you're familiar with what you want to emoji type a colon and without hitting space type a random word to have a box pop up with words associated with it. Example type the following and choose a random emoji ---> :Cat
I chose this one 
image to show where button is
you can also upload image avatars and account banners by going to account settings.