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Emoticons predate emoji for more than a decade. I used them in MSN/Gaim. Go figure.

• numpad0 3y ago
  Worry not, OG emoji didn't have those yellow circled smiley faces. Emoji or picture-characters were more for verbs and nouns. It really was iOS that put faces first and then colored it. 1: https://www.docomo.ne.jp/service/imode_mail/function/pictograph/ https://www.docomo.ne.jp/service/imode_mail/function/pictogr...
• msephton 3y ago
  That's right, I used emoticons on USENET in the mid 1990s, but emoticons are not emoji.
  • anthk 3y ago
    Between ASCII emoticons and emojis there where emoticons in MSN, Gaim+Jabber and probably ICQ.
    • msephton 3y ago
      Some great IM apps I've not heard of in a long time, thanks for the memories!