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Truth. And it's not just apple, on android we (U.S.) get a "water gun" for gun and no emoji shows up when you search for rifle.

by throw7 4y ago

zerocrates 4y ago
The gun emoji became a toy on all major platforms everywhere several years ago. This is surely related to the political climate but I believe the entities involved applied that change worldwide.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  I would love to learn more about backroom emoji politics. It sounds foolish on the surface but emojis have a big reach.
  - hirsin 4y ago
    Here's some folks taking emojis very seriously. Including the poop emoji face. It's a good read - https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17393-wg2-emoji-feedback.pdf https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17393-wg2-emoji-feedback.pd... (pdf)
  - fomine3 4y ago
    I watched this documentary https://www.dutch-core.com/programs/documentary/backlight-beyond-emoji https://www.dutch-core.com/programs/documentary/backlight-be...
  - topranks 4y ago
    This is a really good doc on it https://www.theemojistory.com/ https://www.theemojistory.com/
- murderfs 4y ago
  It became a toy because Apple unilaterally changed it, and then everyone had to follow because it would otherwise lead to things like this: https://blog.emojipedia.org/content/images/2016/08/emojipedia-pistol-emoji-cross-platform.png https://blog.emojipedia.org/content/images/2016/08/emojipedi...
- Rebelgecko 4y ago
  It was a unilateral Apple decision. Other platforms were forced to follow them over the next few years to avoid situations like kids texting each other "Can't want for our class trip to the water park tomorrow <insert squirt gun or real gun depending on font>" Apple made that change around the same time as the Rio Olympics. In the leadup to the Olympics, there was a push to create an emoji for every event. Unicode 9 added emojis for handball, wrestling, water polo, fencing, etc. However the almost comprehensive set still had some gaps, because Apple veto'd the marksmanship/air rifle and pentathlon emojis... but not in time to prevent the creation of the corresponding unicode glyphs
  - eaplmx 4y ago
    I found a summary on what motivated the change, I don't know how accurate that is, but sounds legit https://youtu.be/7SBJr3Zfgl8 https://youtu.be/7SBJr3Zfgl8 - Why Apple removed the gun emoji
- account42 4y ago
  Well, yeah, US companies are more than happy to export the US political climate as long as it doesn't directly conflict with local laws.

Truth. And it's not just apple, on android we (U.S.) get a "water gun" for gun and no emoji shows up when you search for rifle.

by throw7 4y ago

Truth. And it's not just apple, on android we (U.S.) get a "water gun" for gun and no emoji shows up when you search for rifle.

zerocrates 4y ago

The gun emoji became a toy on all major platforms everywhere several years ago. This is surely related to the political climate but I believe the entities involved applied that change worldwide.

ipaddr 4y ago
I would love to learn more about backroom emoji politics. It sounds foolish on the surface but emojis have a big reach.
- hirsin 4y ago
  Here's some folks taking emojis very seriously. Including the poop emoji face. It's a good read - https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17393-wg2-emoji-feedback.pdf https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17393-wg2-emoji-feedback.pd... (pdf)
- fomine3 4y ago
  I watched this documentary https://www.dutch-core.com/programs/documentary/backlight-beyond-emoji https://www.dutch-core.com/programs/documentary/backlight-be...
- topranks 4y ago
  This is a really good doc on it https://www.theemojistory.com/ https://www.theemojistory.com/
murderfs 4y ago
It became a toy because Apple unilaterally changed it, and then everyone had to follow because it would otherwise lead to things like this: https://blog.emojipedia.org/content/images/2016/08/emojipedia-pistol-emoji-cross-platform.png https://blog.emojipedia.org/content/images/2016/08/emojipedi...
Rebelgecko 4y ago
It was a unilateral Apple decision. Other platforms were forced to follow them over the next few years to avoid situations like kids texting each other "Can't want for our class trip to the water park tomorrow <insert squirt gun or real gun depending on font>" Apple made that change around the same time as the Rio Olympics. In the leadup to the Olympics, there was a push to create an emoji for every event. Unicode 9 added emojis for handball, wrestling, water polo, fencing, etc. However the almost comprehensive set still had some gaps, because Apple veto'd the marksmanship/air rifle and pentathlon emojis... but not in time to prevent the creation of the corresponding unicode glyphs
- eaplmx 4y ago
  I found a summary on what motivated the change, I don't know how accurate that is, but sounds legit https://youtu.be/7SBJr3Zfgl8 https://youtu.be/7SBJr3Zfgl8 - Why Apple removed the gun emoji
account42 4y ago
Well, yeah, US companies are more than happy to export the US political climate as long as it doesn't directly conflict with local laws.