it’s originally a wii game (MH 3), for the Wii it looked impressive IMO. considering it a full port to the 3ds impressed me too. but yeah, it’s a console game on a too small handheld for most part.

have you tried changing back to the other keyboard, there is usually a button in the bottom left. a lot of emoji shorthands are actually keyboard features.

Personally as a uswe I think running ads is not a bad idea, just if I would pay already (through donations for example), I prefer to have the option to show no ads.

I can imagine the current server owners either be decently supported by donations and/or see hosting a lemmy server currently more as a hobby.