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As in the title of the linked article, the earliest emoji are not from 1999, or 1997, but from 1988. I know, because I'm the guy that discovered them. But, yes
by msephton 2y ago
As in the title of the linked article, the earliest emoji are not from 1999, or 1997, but from 1988. I know, because I'm the guy that discovered them.
But, yes, they're emoji because they were created and named in Japan. The IBM set serves a different purpose and exists in a different context. But, they are both living happily alongside each other in Unicode.