[mondaygreens]

Nay! Emoji is slang that excludes a huge number of people, not just due to preference but also because the meaning keeps changing and can be confusing if not exhausting to keep up with. It skews young and/or Western and there's far more kinds of programmers than that.

[kalleboo]

> It skews young and/or Western

How does it skew Western when they were literally invented in Japan?

[cattlefarmer]

Yes, emoji is literally Japanese. 絵文字 meaning 'picture as words'. Invented for use in Japanese pagers, later proliferating to mobile phones long before smartphones even existed [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji

[mondaygreens]

I know, but was speaking more to adoption and usage. Obviously it's my impression, and it informs my vote.