I think this is a highly regional preference even without meaning to be. Emoji are more popular in Asia than in the Americas as part of normal conversation. Pr

I think this is a highly regional preference even without meaning to be. Emoji are more popular in Asia than in the Americas as part of normal conversation. Probably because the entire generation of internet users right now grew up on smartphones before laptops. Secondly, we already struggle using international keyboards to find things like rupee symbol (₹) vs the $, etc. Emojis are just next door to the effort.