3 ms·

Same reason why Gmail uses their own emojis rather than the system ones — (as said above) branding. When you send a tweet, Twitter wants it to look identical ac

Same reason why Gmail uses their own emojis rather than the system ones — (as said above) branding. When you send a tweet, Twitter wants it to look identical across all devices. The classic native UI vs cross-platform UI debate in a nutshell.

gspr 5y ago
Cool, so instead of actually serving text, they could also just serve up little SVGs for each letter. Because god forbid the recipient chooses a different font than Gmail!
- numpad0 5y ago
  Which is why Slack style :tofu_on_fire: emoji notation is genius
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
- GranPC 5y ago
  You're pretty much defining webfonts!
  - gspr 5y ago
    Indeed. Another abomination.
dolmen 5y ago
That's not a minor UI issue. Twitter is a media between people. Removing emoji representation differences on user devices is a way to hopefully reduce misunderstandings between users.