For anyone else confused about what emoji has to do with Twitter hashtag, what they're talking about is something more properly called "hashflags" [0][1], which

For anyone else confused about what emoji has to do with Twitter hashtag, what they're talking about is something more properly called "hashflags" [0][1], which are custom icons that automatically appear after certain hashtags. For example, if you use hashtag #periscope [2], the Periscope logo will appear afterwards. They have nothing to do with the standard emoji set and are only "emoji" in the loose sense that they are pictorial images in line with text. 0: http://gizmodo.com/those-weird-auto-emoji-in-your-twitter-feed-are-called-1733397229 http://gizmodo.com/those-weird-auto-emoji-in-your-twitter-fe... 1: http://hashfla.gs/ http://hashfla.gs/ 2: https://twitter.com/hashtag/periscope https://twitter.com/hashtag/periscope