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I'd argue that emoji are going to be culturally short lived and don't record information in the same way that language characters do. It would be better to move
by alayne 11y ago
I'd argue that emoji are going to be culturally short lived and don't record information in the same way that language characters do. It would be better to move them into a separate standard.
- panic 11y agoWhy do you think they'll be short lived? Emoji can be more expressive than pure text, and they have a tendency to take on a meaning that can't quite be described in words. For example, a quick thumbs-up is a great way to show you acknowledged something.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoA few basic emoticons - fine. But like a third of emojis are only legible if you know their name (under the particular program you're using, and most of the icons in popular applications are simply ugly; that's a topic for another rant though). I can understand FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY when I see it, but INFORMATION DESK PERSON, TYPE-4? Is this going to be useful 20 years from now? And then you have stuff like FACE WITH LOOK OF TRIUMPH where the picture has little resemblance to the official meaning, which leads one to wonder what your interlocutor meant and how is this icon displayed on their machine.