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People seem to be ignoring that in the absence of standards, the same thing would happen but potentially vary wildly from one platform to the next.
by Zikes 11y ago
People seem to be ignoring that in the absence of standards, the same thing would happen but potentially vary wildly from one platform to the next.
- ixtli 11y agoThis is western bias. They're simply not aware that what you're describing has been happening with East Asian telecom companies for the last 10-15 years.
- Zikes 11y agoYeah, Wikipedia says it goes back to 1999. It's certainly a hit in the West, though. Every social media outlet I see is flooded with various emoji. Clearly people are using them, and Unicode has plenty of space, so why not standardize? If anything, it will slow down the proliferation of emoji.
- ixtli 11y agoIt's a new sort of language! It's really fascinating from a linguistic standpoint. And yes, I think that the more standardized it becomes the more creative people will get with it since it wont split into too many different dialects (Android, iOS, Softbank, or etc.)