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The Evolution and Importance of Emojis in Communication
TLDR Emojis, which originated from emoticons in 1982, have become a vital part of text-based communication, adding context, emotion, and nuance to messages. Despite some controversial design choices and potential pitfalls, emojis continue to evolve and are even being proposed as a way to represent people with disabilities.
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Emojis are a modern form of hieroglyphics that originated from emoticons in 1982.
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Emoticons, like the smiley face with a colon and parentheses, were first used in 1982 on a message board to add context and clarify the tone of text.
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In 1995, the first emojis were created by a Japanese company called NTT Docomo, starting with a phone and a heart icon.
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In 1999, an engineer named Shigetaka Kurita created the first emojis for a mobile internet platform called iMode, using icons to convey basic thoughts and information due to a character limit of 250.
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In 1999, emojis were created using a finite number of pictures stored in phones and activated by an alphanumeric code, setting the stage for what we have today.
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The downfall of open source emojis is that it led to the creation of the Emoji Movie, which was a bomb but still made a lot of money.
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The use of emojis in text-based communication is important because it adds context and emotion that is often lacking in plain text.
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Emojis can have controversial design choices, such as the placement of cheese in a cheeseburger icon, and using too many smiley faces in work communication can decrease perception of competence.
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Emojis can represent both the physical arrangement of things and words, and can mimic the structure of sentences and pictures, making them their own unique form of communication.
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Emojis add emotion and convey nuance to text-based messages, and Apple is proposing inclusive emojis to represent people with disabilities.
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