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In case anyone doesn't know: these code points are legit (Japanese) characters, whereas so-called emojis are a range of code points specifically for graphics. T
by lucb1e 3y ago
In case anyone doesn't know: these code points are legit (Japanese) characters, whereas so-called emojis are a range of code points specifically for graphics. That's why I imagine HN software allows this to be posted even though emoji code points are removed
- CharlesW 3y agoI've informally referred to this as "ASCIImoji", but TIL that its proper name is "Kaomoji": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaomoji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaomoji
- NooneAtAll3 3y agothese were called emoticons for forever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon
- FoeNyx 3y agoAren't kaomoji a subset of emoticons? most western old emoticons are turned 90° CCW, whereas kaomoji are mostly horizontal and often using CJK characters.
- hunter2_ 3y agoI've understood a subset of those, but apparently I've totally misunderstood this bit: > The emphasis on the eyes in this style is reflected in the common usage of emoticons that use only the eyes, e.g. ^^ I always interpreted "^^" as equivalent to "this" or "ditto" -- arrows pointing at the immediately prior message. In hindsight, it could just as easily have been happy eyes!
- lucb1e 3y ago> I always interpreted "^^" as equivalent to "this" or "ditto" -- arrows pointing at the immediately prior message. That's... a good thing to be aware of as a heavy ^^ user myself! Thanks for sharing