Scott H. on Nostr: Why so much focus on emoji? Emoji are cognitive shortcuts. True, the meaning shifts. ...
Why so much focus on emoji? Emoji are cognitive shortcuts. True, the meaning shifts. There is an entire ecosystem of searches for stuff like "what does a boy/girl mean with <emoji here> emoji?" etc. But, like the WWW intent, within a particular domain, as long as it is roughly inline w/ the pictograph, it works for cognition better than words.
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