If "non-video game examples" -section is applicable:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie (or at least the anime adaptation) has a scene where an in-game character starts crying and is told "please stop spamming the cry emote." Right after, Cut Away Gag to the person playing the character. She is indeed repeatedly pressing a button on her keyboard - and also crying for real.
If "non-video game examples" -section is applicable:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie
(or at least the anime adaptation) has a scene where an in-game character starts crying and is told "please stop spamming the cry emote." Right after, Cut Away Gag to the person playing the character. She is indeed repeatedly pressing a button on her keyboard - and also crying for real.