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Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by dijit »

frereubu wrote: post #4

I was a hold-out for quite a while, like the author, because they felt very twee. The one that convinced me though was the thumbs-up emoji, which can be an entire reply to an email or text, that says "I've read this, and we don't need to continue the conversation", with undertones of agreement or a thank-you. Somehow single-word replies like "Gotcha" or "Yes" felt too curt, and anything longer invited further discuss…

Yet (and I'm sorry to generalise); Gen-Z "typically finds thumbs up emoji passive aggressive"

https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/gen-z-has-hidden-meanings-for-...

Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by aidenn0 »

baz00 wrote: post #3
WaffleIronMaker wrote: post #2

I'm surprised to see the spread of emoji attributed to Microsoft in the initial sentences. It's possible that the author may be referring to the smiley faces in extended character pages, or maybe Webdings, but I generally associate the term 'emoji' with Unicode characters specifically, which I believe to have been petitioned by Google and popularized by Apple. Interesting article either way.

I think it's a little unfair to attribute it to Microsoft and MSN Messenger as it was a concept that originated on Japanese phones AFAIK. Also Microsoft's emojis are currently the worst by a mile out of the big tech companies.

The invention in Japan, Europe, and the US of smileys was relatively concurrent, which makes sense because by the late 90s, text-art faces (e.g. ":-)" "(^_^)") were prevalent.

Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by [deleted] »

baz00 wrote: post #3
WaffleIronMaker wrote: post #2

I'm surprised to see the spread of emoji attributed to Microsoft in the initial sentences. It's possible that the author may be referring to the smiley faces in extended character pages, or maybe Webdings, but I generally associate the term 'emoji' with Unicode characters specifically, which I believe to have been petitioned by Google and popularized by Apple. Interesting article either way.

I think it's a little unfair to attribute it to Microsoft and MSN Messenger as it was a concept that originated on Japanese phones AFAIK. Also Microsoft's emojis are currently the worst by a mile out of the big tech companies.

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Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by qingcharles »

baal80spam wrote: post #7

It boggles my mind that emoji can be used in an URL.

Yeah, I have some emoji domains, though the support is weird. Safari actually supports them best.

I keep finding weird places that support emojis, like usernames on some web sites. And someone on HN showed me recently that you can make emoji filenames in Windows at least.

Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by [deleted] »

Nition wrote: post #10
WaffleIronMaker wrote: post #2

I'm surprised to see the spread of emoji attributed to Microsoft in the initial sentences. It's possible that the author may be referring to the smiley faces in extended character pages, or maybe Webdings, but I generally associate the term 'emoji' with Unicode characters specifically, which I believe to have been petitioned by Google and popularized by Apple. Interesting article either way.

That first paragraph really put me off the article to be honest. Why read an article on emoji by someone who doesn't know what emoji are? At the same time, I do realise "emoji" is now often being used as a generic term that encompasses both true emoji (unicode-based) and general emoticon images.

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Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by nlunbeck »

baal80spam wrote: post #7

It boggles my mind that emoji can be used in an URL.

Yeah that was pretty cool, although I guess you run the risk of some browsers presenting it unrendered. If I had a majority of mobile users for a site, I probably wouldn't think twice before using an emoji in my url -- definitely makes it memorable

Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by e40 »

dijit wrote: post #11
frereubu wrote: post #4

I was a hold-out for quite a while, like the author, because they felt very twee. The one that convinced me though was the thumbs-up emoji, which can be an entire reply to an email or text, that says "I've read this, and we don't need to continue the conversation", with undertones of agreement or a thank-you. Somehow single-word replies like "Gotcha" or "Yes" felt too curt, and anything longer invited further discuss…

Yet (and I'm sorry to generalise); Gen-Z "typically finds thumbs up emoji passive aggressive" https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/gen-z-has-hidden-meanings-for-...

First, NY Post? F them and the horse they rode in on. They stoke culture wars at every turn.

Second, even if it was true (which I doubt), there are some things which should be ignored and someone believing this nonsense should not be coddled.

I'm very liberal, but this is just pure nonsense.

Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by e40 »

frereubu wrote: post #4

I was a hold-out for quite a while, like the author, because they felt very twee. The one that convinced me though was the thumbs-up emoji, which can be an entire reply to an email or text, that says "I've read this, and we don't need to continue the conversation", with undertones of agreement or a thank-you. Somehow single-word replies like "Gotcha" or "Yes" felt too curt, and anything longer invited further discuss…

Also, in slack an emoji response doesn't need to be cleared (so it doesn't count toward a notification count). That is what got me on board.

Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by omoikane »

WaffleIronMaker wrote: post #2

I'm surprised to see the spread of emoji attributed to Microsoft in the initial sentences. It's possible that the author may be referring to the smiley faces in extended character pages, or maybe Webdings, but I generally associate the term 'emoji' with Unicode characters specifically, which I believe to have been petitioned by Google and popularized by Apple. Interesting article either way.

e-moji should be attributed to NTT DoCoMo, who first had it on their feature phones in 1999.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji

The article above also noted how MSN Messenger and BlackBerry adopted emoji from 2003 onwards.

Re: Your brain on emoji

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Post by agubelu »

ttoinou wrote: post #8

Did you know ? Eastern europeans end words (without space) with singles characters "(" and ")" to indicate full smileys. Only themselves understand each others and they dont tell anyone about it)))

Why eastern europeans in particular? Is it somehow related to slavic languages? Now I'm curious
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