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As much as I want HN to finally support markdown, I really want them to end the baffling anti-emoji stance. They’re adorable, versatile, fun, and useful - the only reason to ban them from forum comments is banal distaste for the new.

Personally speaking, I consider it anti-zoomer discrimination of the highest order!! ;) XD <3

More on topic: the new emoji range from “finally!!” (Sasquatch) to “huh?” (Landslide), as usual. The skin tone improvements are welcome, of course! If we’re gonna abandon the Simpsons monotone aesthetic, we should go all the way. Props to the (unpaid…?) people who made this happen.

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As a rock climber I anticipate wanting to use the rockfall emoji (not landslide) much more frequently than the sasquatch, though it depends how wild my climbing adventures get

In glad someone is excited for it!

I’ve done a bit of climbing, and I guess I’m just struggling to imagine using it… rocks falling is either not a big enough deal to text about (cause we’re all following safety guidelines by wearing helmets, right?), or way too big of a deal to make light of with an emoji. The latter case applies even more so in cases where the rocks hit buildings.

The only situations I can imagine are a) “im gonna be late, the road is blocked by rockfall” and b) “couldn’t go skiing this weekend, an avalanche closed the slope”. But maybe two is enough! And who knows, maybe it’ll be interpreted as “collapse” in general, which is broadly useful obviously.

I’d imagine - depending on your location - you might need to quickly text out a Sasquatch emoji from a perch on a climb.

After all, Sasquatch live near many rock climbing destinations. https://www.bfro.net/GDB/state_listing.asp

Feels like there is something missing every time I use a forum that doesn't support phpBB smilies.

Here are some ascii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons

Otherwise can't you just write :emoticon:

I’ve been around the internet for a long and a lot of time and have never seen s2 being used to convey a heart… took me second to figure it out actually.

I think HN should allow emojis but strip all colors out of them. Colors are what often makes emojis so annoying---without them they are just another characters.

I use emojis like a fiend, but I actually like that HN is just raw text. Something minimal about it. You can always go full kaomoji if you feel sad ; (◞‸◟)

I like emoji in personal texting, but I personally like that they're stripped from HN.

Eh, it's just one of the ways that HN tries to keep it pg.

Very good pun, if intended

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