What does a bunch of slashes mean when chatting with each other on WeChat?

Just like an emoticon, punctuation has become a special expression symbol in short messages. In short electronic messages, punctuation marks are no longer regarded as a part of sentence grammatical structure, but as "psychological labels between friends"

Sometimes, the use of punctuation can be misleading. This is because, unlike face-to-face communication, short messages lack "social markers". When people speak, they can make eye contact, make gestures or change their intonation to help express their feelings. However, when people are texting, these auxiliary methods can no longer work.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, people began to use symbols to assist expression. For psychologists, this trend will not only distort the language itself, but also help people exchange information more accurately in short message communication such as facial expressions.

Therefore, how to express feelings in short messages is also a subtle knowledge.

Punctuation marks are just like Morse code used by contemporary young people to chat. You have to contact the context and analyze the actual meaning and extended meaning of punctuation marks, as well as the information they convey together, in order to understand 70% of the content of the communicator.