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It doesn't sit well with me that the Unicode consortium decides which emojis to approve based on moral grounds or possible consequences of their use. I have sto
by young_unixer 5y ago
It doesn't sit well with me that the Unicode consortium decides which emojis to approve based on moral grounds or possible consequences of their use. I have stopped using emojis because I don't want to contribute in legitimizing that.
- etripe 5y agoInteresting. Do you think there's no place for ethical discussions in tech, or is your objection closer to the "unelected elite" side of things?
- Chris2048 5y agoThe "ethics" in tech are often wrt the actions if tech companies - in this case it is the actions (communications) of tech customers (or users) and the attempts to restrict certain types of communication. Any given service could ban (real) gun emojis, but when the standard excludes it, all services must effectively operate without it.
- young_unixer 5y agoThere is place for ethical discussions in tech, but international standards are not the appropiate place or tool to push your push your vision of ethics.