them or them, emojis make our messages feel more like us
by Ruby Lott-Lavigna from Technology | The Guardian on (#1H67J)
They're easy to mock until you use them, but they're a staple of millennial identity with a power to express tone - and proof of why representation matters
When Apple announced a banquet of upgraded emoji features at its annual developer event on Monday, even its own software boss groaned. "The children of tomorrow will have no understanding of the English language," he quipped, veering only slightly off course from Apple's upbeat corporate spiel.
Apple's emojification will be welcomed with by a certain demographic, but greeted with a by another.
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