[meta-meta]

The thing about emoji that gives me anxiety is that different OS/browser renders them differently, so I can only guess about whether what I'm trying to convey will translate.

[aendruk]

It would help if UIs made it easy to see the name of each emoji. Sometimes I even know what semantics I want but can’t discern which image it’s been assigned to.

[Someone]

On MacOS and iOS/iPadOS, you can search for them by name.

Doesn’t help with “what are they trying to say?”, but does help with your “how do I say FOO?”

[batiudrami]

This was a much bigger issue 10 years ago than it is now. Emoji are generally fairly consistent across hardware vendors.

[jameslk]

I really miss that old Samsung grimace emoji: https://imgur.com/02C8x4i

Or the eye roll one: https://imgur.com/FE664R2

Good times

[seany]

I just want the gun to be a real gun again

[JohnFen]

Yes, this is a really large problem that limits their usefulness as a means of communication. I limit myself to the most basic set (and use them sparingly) to avoid misunderstanding.

[causal]

Yeah I always hesitate to use emojis in any document or design for this reason, you have no idea how it's going to look to other viewers

[djhn]

Case in point: not all vendors implement flags!

[Freak_NL]

Or leave out a handful of flags and render the rest. :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21166519

[0xdada]

A while back I made a small browser game using emoji for all graphics. I was delighted to see so many different sets of emoji in screenshots people posted.