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by manicdee 3048 days ago
The distinction is whether you are using the emoji as a UX asset or simply displaying it as part of the interaction between user and app.

User enters emoji in their secret diary: great. You allow selection of mood for today by displaying a range of emoji faces: bad
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gregknicholson 3047 days ago
So Facebook can't use the thumbs up emoji as a button label any more?

Or is that OK because it's an "image", not an "emoji", despite carrying the exact same meaning as the emoji, and looking indistinguishable from a rendering of the emoji?

Or is it OK if they bring their own image file? What if they bring their own emoji font and use that, to improve rendering speed?

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