The "misunderstanding" part is interesting to me. I've found I don't recognize what most emoji are. If I'm lucky, the site or app has some helpful alt text when

The "misunderstanding" part is interesting to me. I've found I don't recognize what most emoji are. If I'm lucky, the site or app has some helpful alt text when I hover over the picture. In my very informal survey, I've asked others what an emoji means and I almost never get the same answer. I suppose the answers are at least in the same general category (or maybe tone?), but I often wonder how clearly both parties really understand what the other is saying. For this reason, I just stick with emoticons as the middle-ground.