Twilight of the Emoji

表情符号的黄昏

2024-09-11  1286  晦涩

Using emoji used to be fun and efficient, but now it feels both fraught and ineffective. Instead of communicating the idea of a thing, emoji are now expected to illustrate a specific person, scene, or situation. Although better representation of individuals of all kinds, in all contexts, is a desirable social goal (as I’ve written before), this approach has significant drawbacks. Emoji are now an illustrative language rather than an ideographic one—they depict specific scenes rather than gesturing toward concepts. And people, rather than ideas, are at the center of emoji-speak. When I searched the emoji for “swim,” the various pictures on offer all implied specific embodiment: a bikini, a Speedo, and a one-piece women’s swimsuit. My expression was neither satisfied nor expedited by emoji. I wished I’d just used words instead.

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