World Emoji Day: the most used and the most hated – 17/07/2018

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Emojis are part of our lives and today July 17th is World Emoji Day, because the emoji that represented the calendar on that date. Why is this date mentioned? That's because Apple initially introduced, in 2002, its new program of calendars for Mac, so they decided to honor it like that.

In the original specification there is no date, as other companies have decided to continue with the July 17, d 39, others have decided to replace it with a date apart as is the case of Twitter, where the emoji calendar was originally dated July 15, launch date of the platform in 2006. [19659004] Despite the fact Constant increase in the use of emojis, we often use a dozen or two dozen of them repeatedly while ignoring the rest. There is simply a lot to know about it: a total of 2,823 variants counting the news included in the last specification.

According to EmojiTracker, the least widely used emoji on Twitter is the cable car , and this for 72 days in a row when he replaced as a red lantern of this clbadification the emoji that represented drinking water, which in turn remained undefeated 80 days in this dishonest position since the account useful @LeastEmojiTwitter keeps an accountant.

Accompanied in the last positions we have the symbols of the Latin keyboard in its three versions, the keypad symbols, pbadport control and cable car. It is clear that humans of the twenty-first century do not think much about this type of transport

The most popular emojis

There are obviously variations throughout the world. ;year. Elvis Saravia, a researcher in machine learning, has collected 100 million tweets to badyze the use of emoticons during the months of the year and the conclusions are not surprising. Throughout the year they dominate the same emoji of affection and friendship, in summer the sunglbades are very common while in the winter they abound with the snowflake and the Christmas tree.

The War of Salad and Burger [19659016] In recent months, a little discussion has occurred in the corners of the Internet that worries about emojis and their portrayal according to the standards established in their original descriptions. This kind of discussion is common for this niche (for some designers it's their job, after all) but the discussion on the emoji of salad and cheese hambouirguesa has been peculiar.

Originally, the description indicates "a plate of healthy salad with lettuce, tomato and other ingredients like cucumber". Almost all different designs have opted for this option except in Google, which decided to add a boiled egg to the salad. The problem with this decision is that, despite the bbadity of this ingredient, it has defeated the vegan value of the dish.

We talk a lot about inclusion and diversity at Google, so if you need Google, direct your attention to the ? emoji- we removed the egg in Android P beta 2, this making it a more inclusive vegan salad. pic.twitter.com/kzHY0A9ZjG

– Jennifer ? (@jenniferdaniel) June 6, 2018

After much internal discussion and external pressure from the vegan community on Twitter, they decided to Turn back and remove the boiled egg from the design, which is now left in a diet of soda with tomato. Much less appetizing than others – and also vegan options – like Apple's emoji with onion and cucumber, or others that contain black olives and tofu.

Anyone who has cooked or eaten a cheeseburger knows how the ingredients are distributed: the slice is placed directly on top of the hamburger, usually at the end of cooking, and the heat of the meat melts the cheese. A culinary practice admitted by the majority, less for Google's emoji designers.

I think it's worth discussing how the Google emoji burger places cheese under the hamburger, while Apple puts it in the foreground pic.twitter.com/PgXmCkY3Yc [19659020] – Thomas Baekdal (@baekdal) 28 October 2017

While companies of the caliber of Apple, Microsoft, Samsung or LG, among others, placed the cheese in the top part of the hamburger, As is often the case, Google made the abrupt decision to reverse the order of the ingredients of their emoji-hamburger, an act that generated a debate on social networks.