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Emojli – The emoji-only network

36 points by getdavidhiggins 12y ago

cr3ative 12y ago
Excellent. I'm now 😀. edit: Oh, for shame, HN doesn't unicode that quite right.
- sp332 12y ago
  http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%98%80 http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%98%80 But it doesn't show up in many unicode tables, so either it's new or non-standard.
  - TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
    Your Unicode tables must be out-of-date. Emoji's been in Unicode for a while now.
    - sp332 12y ago
      I'd been using http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/search.htm http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/search.htm but I'll have to find something else if it's out of date. I have a Windows Phone 8 beta, and the built-in keyboard now suggests related emoji as you're typing. It's not as obtrusive as it might sound, and I think it's fun even though I never use them.
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jbuss 12y ago
This should be called Emonli.
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pfraze 12y ago
I'm into the idea (sounds fun) but nothing to see yet.
alex95 12y ago
I must be the only person that thinks this is an awful concept.
chasing 12y ago
My next big start-up idea is going to be like Yo, as well, except instead of Emoji I'm going to allow users to attach short textual messages. It's going to be huge. I don't have a sign-up page yet, but I'll have a sign-up page that'll let you know when the real sign-up page is ready.
- duiker101 12y ago
  I suggest you buy already the domain getYoEmojilyApp.com
- UweSchmidt 12y ago
  On the one hand Yo, Emojli are a little silly. On the other hand, they are exploring different aspects of one of the biggest achievements ever: instant mobile communication! There is a place for SMS despite Email and phone calls. There's space for messaging apps even though we already had SMS. It seems there are other aspects of communication that are not yet served by software. Formal or intimate, one-way or two-way, private or (semi-)public, serious business - emotional - fun. Two party or with different groups. Just text, or something that allows for individualism and creativity. If your start-up gets one of those things right it could be huge, no problem!
laoba 12y ago
Are all 1-emoji names taken? I've tried a bunch but suprisingly they are all gone.
- rexf 12y ago
  Same here. Unable to take any obscure 1 character names
- sandis 12y ago
  Apparently not yet. Signed up as 🛃 just now (yay..).
- juriansluiman 12y ago
  Even five hours later after your reply I am able to register ☏ :) It's a matter of choosing a non-trivial one I guess.
onion2k 12y ago
Generally speaking things that Tom Scott is involved in are either experiments or satire (and quite often both): http://www.tomscott.com/projects/ http://www.tomscott.com/projects/ ... He's also a very entertaining speaker. If you're near a conference he's at, go along. It'll be worthwhile.
Pxtl 12y ago
Rats, all the good usernames are already taken.
- err4nt 12y ago
  That's what I thought too, but then I snagged '🍍👑' Here's one I didn't use. Not sure if it's free: - ⬇️2⃣🎉
jsilence 12y ago
Introducing noj.li... The new innovative social network, where you can't post anything at all. No SPAM, no trolls, stupid "Yo", no boring emoticons. Since you can't post, there is no need to signup. Never forget your password, again. So let's present to you our new signup page, where you can't signup at all. In contrast to other so called soon to be in existence social networks, our product is here. And it scales indefinitely. /satire
- nnnnni 12y ago
  ...that actually doesn't sound too bad.
- dpeck 12y ago
  Was a whole subplot of Arrested Development Season 4 (Netflix season).
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
  I wanted to make a personal blogging platform for myself to vent to. I often vent on tumblr, but it annoys my friends. So why not vent to /dev/null? Same effect, but /dev/null doesn't care about my feelings. It is always there to comfort me. It's never going to give me up, never going to let me down, never going to run around and desert me. (Apologies for the rickroll, but that was a serious idea of mine.)
  - jsilence 12y ago
    Oh great. Now I'll have that song in my head the whole day, you sneaky bastard! You're welcome to vent on noj.li. Also a platform where comments are required to be in the form of a poem would mitigate trolls and SPAM. poem.us anyone?
joeyspn 12y ago
When was the point when we started to collapse as an intelligent civilisation?
- zimpenfish 12y ago
  When we started bitching about fun things on HN?
- Loughla 12y ago
  1978
x-separator 12y ago
thats real retarded sir
- felixvolny 12y ago
  I'm sure there an appropriate emoji for how you're feeling right now
- egypturnash 12y ago
  😕💩 🔥💤💤💤
roghummal 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/🔥 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/🔥 Wow. I had no idea.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
  I think it's really awesome that several emoji redirect on Wikipedia to pages about what they represent.

cr3ative 12y ago

Excellent. I'm now 😀. edit: Oh, for shame, HN doesn't unicode that quite right.

sp332 12y ago
http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%98%80 http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%98%80 But it doesn't show up in many unicode tables, so either it's new or non-standard.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
  Your Unicode tables must be out-of-date. Emoji's been in Unicode for a while now.
  - sp332 12y ago
    I'd been using http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/search.htm http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/search.htm but I'll have to find something else if it's out of date. I have a Windows Phone 8 beta, and the built-in keyboard now suggests related emoji as you're typing. It's not as obtrusive as it might sound, and I think it's fun even though I never use them.
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jbuss 12y ago

This should be called Emonli.

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pfraze 12y ago

I'm into the idea (sounds fun) but nothing to see yet.

alex95 12y ago

I must be the only person that thinks this is an awful concept.

chasing 12y ago

My next big start-up idea is going to be like Yo, as well, except instead of Emoji I'm going to allow users to attach short textual messages. It's going to be huge. I don't have a sign-up page yet, but I'll have a sign-up page that'll let you know when the real sign-up page is ready.

duiker101 12y ago
I suggest you buy already the domain getYoEmojilyApp.com
UweSchmidt 12y ago
On the one hand Yo, Emojli are a little silly. On the other hand, they are exploring different aspects of one of the biggest achievements ever: instant mobile communication! There is a place for SMS despite Email and phone calls. There's space for messaging apps even though we already had SMS. It seems there are other aspects of communication that are not yet served by software. Formal or intimate, one-way or two-way, private or (semi-)public, serious business - emotional - fun. Two party or with different groups. Just text, or something that allows for individualism and creativity. If your start-up gets one of those things right it could be huge, no problem!

laoba 12y ago

Are all 1-emoji names taken? I've tried a bunch but suprisingly they are all gone.

rexf 12y ago
Same here. Unable to take any obscure 1 character names
sandis 12y ago
Apparently not yet. Signed up as 🛃 just now (yay..).
juriansluiman 12y ago
Even five hours later after your reply I am able to register ☏ :) It's a matter of choosing a non-trivial one I guess.

onion2k 12y ago

Generally speaking things that Tom Scott is involved in are either experiments or satire (and quite often both): http://www.tomscott.com/projects/ http://www.tomscott.com/projects/ ... He's also a very entertaining speaker. If you're near a conference he's at, go along. It'll be worthwhile.

Pxtl 12y ago

Rats, all the good usernames are already taken.

err4nt 12y ago
That's what I thought too, but then I snagged '🍍👑' Here's one I didn't use. Not sure if it's free: - ⬇️2⃣🎉

jsilence 12y ago

Introducing noj.li... The new innovative social network, where you can't post anything at all. No SPAM, no trolls, stupid "Yo", no boring emoticons. Since you can't post, there is no need to signup. Never forget your password, again. So let's present to you our new signup page, where you can't signup at all. In contrast to other so called soon to be in existence social networks, our product is here. And it scales indefinitely. /satire

nnnnni 12y ago
...that actually doesn't sound too bad.
dpeck 12y ago
Was a whole subplot of Arrested Development Season 4 (Netflix season).
TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
I wanted to make a personal blogging platform for myself to vent to. I often vent on tumblr, but it annoys my friends. So why not vent to /dev/null? Same effect, but /dev/null doesn't care about my feelings. It is always there to comfort me. It's never going to give me up, never going to let me down, never going to run around and desert me. (Apologies for the rickroll, but that was a serious idea of mine.)
- jsilence 12y ago
  Oh great. Now I'll have that song in my head the whole day, you sneaky bastard! You're welcome to vent on noj.li. Also a platform where comments are required to be in the form of a poem would mitigate trolls and SPAM. poem.us anyone?

joeyspn 12y ago

When was the point when we started to collapse as an intelligent civilisation?

zimpenfish 12y ago
When we started bitching about fun things on HN?
Loughla 12y ago
1978

x-separator 12y ago

thats real retarded sir

felixvolny 12y ago
I'm sure there an appropriate emoji for how you're feeling right now
egypturnash 12y ago
😕💩 🔥💤💤💤

roghummal 12y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/🔥 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/🔥 Wow. I had no idea.

TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
I think it's really awesome that several emoji redirect on Wikipedia to pages about what they represent.