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There are too many, and there are a ridiculous number of variants. Why do we need options for the skin colour of an emoji? How on earth does it change the meani

by graemep 9mo ago

There are too many, and there are a ridiculous number of variants. Why do we need options for the skin colour of an emoji? How on earth does it change the meaning of a smiley or a face palm? Faces with different hair colours too! Clocks with hands at different times?

neogodless 9mo ago
Which skin color should all emoji be? https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0a/e5/36/0ae536826bb1cf643e6f05066ff90c69.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0a/e5/36/0ae536826bb1cf643e6f05066...
- KptMarchewa 9mo ago
  Original bright yellow was a good candidate, since actually no one looks like this.
- F3nd0 9mo ago
  Why should skin colour be specified at all? Why not leave it as an implementation detail? Yellow is the popular default choice, but it could very well be green, blue, pink, or anything really.
  - tehjoker 9mo ago
    why not let people just pick which one they want to use
    - F3nd0 9mo ago
      I guess they could just support custom colours, but that seems like a needless complication—much like skin tones themselves.
      - graemep 9mo ago
        Just use a font with the colours you like?
  - magguzu 9mo ago
    Why are the Simpsons yellow, yet the black guy in the show is black? There's no "neutral" rather its just "white without specifying it"
    - F3nd0 9mo ago
      Why should the Simpsons hold any relevance to emoji?
    - graemep 9mo ago
      That is your perception. What is neutral is cultural, maybe personal. I grew up in two multi-cultural places so do not have the same default perceptions.
- normie3000 9mo ago
  This map doesn't seem accurate.
- graemep 9mo ago
  Indigenous is a tricky concept in many place. Can you tell me who that map defines as the indigenous people of the following places: England Japan Turkey Sri Lanka South Africa