- upvote context
- Upvoted in threads about Deaf representation, disability rights, or as a reaction to someone being ignored in a comment chain
- community use
- Used in r/deaf, r/hardofhearing, and disability subreddits as identity and community signaling
- subreddit meaning
- In general subreddits, dropped sarcastically to mean 'can't hear your nonsense'
- karma context
- Posts in Deaf community subreddits using this emoji tend to garner supportive upvotes and positive karma