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by cocotino 3633 days ago
There's no obvious way to type emojis on Windows 10. Also, most emojis are almost unintelligible at small sizes because of the black and white font and faulty ClearType rendering.

Most emojis aren't even visible on Windows 7.
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dontmitch 3633 days ago
Great point. Typing emojis on non-mobile devices is a pain right now. Cmd+Ctrl+Space on Macs brings up an emoji-picker, but I doubt many people know that.

I guess this should be scoped to mobile-only applications. Web services can also use traditional referral links so a memorable referral code isn't as big of a UX win.

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cocotino 3633 days ago
I think the idea is bad overall. Old versions of Android, still widespread, can't enter emoji either.

Best referral code I've seen is a phone number: that way you know it's not going to spread beyond the inner circle of family and friends of the referrer. (Unless you don't want that, of course.)

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