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Skin tone emojis are double-edged sword. Not sure if it was a good idea! Same thing is happening to gender now!

• krapp 8y ago
  People can use these features, or not, it's their choice. It's a positive for people who happen to want to use them, but what's the negative?
  • nickthegreek 8y ago
    Agreed, I don't believe those who now have emoji representation see this as a negative.
  • stunt 8y ago
    > It's a positive for people who happen to want to use them Yes, that's true. But, I saw similar articles and discussions many times! That simply means it did introduce some friction which looks very unnecessarily. I don't remember seeing any discussion against yellow emojis or feeling the necessity before skin tones. Nevertheless, having these discussions is not necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps all of it is the result of not talking about it.