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I'd just remove the emojis, but I'm curious whether they actually have an impact, negative or positive on conversion.

It "reads" to me in a really bad way, but I might be overly cynical due to exposure to things like https://i.redd.it/9q7jj7uw2qp41.jpg

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I see what you mean. I don’t love this style either. But here I chose the emojis as a quick & dirty alternative to something more graphical (e.g., custom icons) that would help the 3 distinct parts of the sentence stand out. I am not sure about the impact. It’s a work-in-progress MVP; didn’t think it would find its way to hn. Thanks for the feedback.

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