> It is like they can achieve a laser focus on a particular set of simple, essential human emotions Yeah. I like the stickers used in messaging in Asia. Asia

> It is like they can achieve a laser focus on a particular set of simple, essential human emotions Yeah. I like the stickers used in messaging in Asia. Asians, in my experience, were using this years before the US, and their messaging apps had it before Facebook. I can type "sad" in Line and it'll show me a bunch of different characters with sad expressions [1] [2]. The stickers can make conversation more succinct. Line is popular in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. I have no affiliation. This came to mind when I read what you wrote =) [1] http://thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/08/line1.jpg http://thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/08/l... [2] http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2014/12/13/thumbs/P10-141213-002.jpg http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2014/12/13/thumbs/P10-1412... (says hahaha)