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Should emoji "represent" anyone at all though? I always considered them an abstract representation of an emotional state, not a person. I guess the advantage of
by overgard 11y ago
Should emoji "represent" anyone at all though? I always considered them an abstract representation of an emotional state, not a person. I guess the advantage of the old school method (punctuation marks, like ":-)" ) is that they're so abstract that they obviously represent an idea rather than a group or a person.
- Synaesthesia 11y agoI hear your argument, we do need to abstract away from race. That said with the black guy I can do a like a cool brother emoji, just need the comb in the hair ... the white man with the moustache can represent my dad from the 70's. ha ha ;-) Anyway there's that Microsoft grey emoji too, but it looks a bit bland.
- colllectorof 11y agoThat's my take on it as well. I guess it can make some sense to add skin color to emoji that represent people. But a lot of them represent emotions and mental states: "I'm happy" "I'm surprised" "I'm listening" Things that are universal to all humans. Will adding skin color to those emoji really enable better communication, or just create issues?