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I'm reminded of a story I heard where someone responded to news of a death in the family with what they took to be a crying face, but what the recipients took t
by ALittleLight 6y ago
I'm reminded of a story I heard where someone responded to news of a death in the family with what they took to be a crying face, but what the recipients took to be a crying laughing face.
- dspillett 6y agoText can have problems with people guessing what things mean from the situation they first see them (where the meaning is not entirely unambiguous). I've seen a similar story of someone thinking "lol" meant "lots of love" and used it to end messages regarding the death of a family member.
- codethief 6y agoThe thing is, with emojis the differences introduced by font designers can be very subtle. In the GP's case, the laughing emoji seemed so much out of place and violated social protocol so heavily that I assume the confusion was probably cleared up later on. But what about cases where a font designer changes, say, an emoji face with a light, content smile to a shy smile? This has the chance to undermine the entire emotional content of a message, without sender and recipient ever noticing. For a more concrete example, have a look at https://emojipedia.org/beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes/ https://emojipedia.org/beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes/ . Is it just me who thinks that the glyphs by Apple and WhatsApp show a beaming face with a somewhat sly touch whereas most others simply display happiness?
- dspillett 6y agoThe Softbank one looks like someone grinding their teeth in frustration to me.