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I’m willing to bet money that less than 5% of the people using the Eggplant emoji actually mean eggplant.
>> rebelled-against emojis, meaning the emojis that people use for different meanings than what their title suggests they mean. The top emoji people don’t use as intended is the persevering face, with only 5% using it as intended and the majority using it to signify frustration I’m willing to bet money that less than 5% of the people using the Eggplant emoji actually mean eggplant.
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They are helpful because they are unclear. There are cases where a bit of ambiguity is useful or you don't know exactly what to say. Face to face this can be solved with expressions, gestures etc. But in text form it's more difficult and emojis can help a bit.
> They are helpful because they are unclear. Except their usage is often too unclear for the recipient. If that praying emoji after a request means they are praying for me to fullfil it? Or they just namaste me? Or they need that request fulfilled because they highly depend on it? If someone tags my message with a clown emoji - does that message brought extreme joy to them or should I find them to talk face to face w…
Hey, there's another one that my social circle has settled on a clear meaning for. If any of my friends use it, what they mean is that they are admitting being foolish about something.
> To find out the most confusing emojis in 2024, we at Preply took the top ten most confusing emojis from 2023 and surveyed respondents again about their meaning. We then used standard deviation to analyze answer choices to figure out which ones puzzle Americans the most. … how do you stddev on multiple choice…? But take the rank 2 emoji, "gust of wind"; I would say the top 3 choices are all pretty valid … depending…
Because there are too many. We do not need like 8 different ultra specific types of drinks when one generic glass with liquid would suffice. Same for chicklet in half shell, front chicklet, side chicklet... Why? It defeats the purpose of generic communication.