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Could someone propose U+200D ?

Maybe the easier answer is to change reality to match human and language model memory/expectation.

Seahorse emoji has been proposed before and declined:

https://www.unicode.org/emoji/emoji-proposals-status.html

Would be interesting to read that proposal, as "usage level"[1] and "compatibility with existing systems"[2] are both factors that the emoji working group officially considers for new proposals.

So if the proposal includes one or both of those sections, that could shed some light on possible former usage in "proprietary" software.

Unfortunately, I don't see the actual proposal accessible anywhere.

[1] https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html#Selection_Factors_U...

[2] https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html#Selection_Factors_C...

Interesting, I sent this comment from a client on a phone, and forgot that the emoji wouldnt show up.

What I wrote was U+1F30A U+200D U+1F40E

Even though the context is relatively harmless in this case, "changing the reality to match LLM expectations" is a very dystopian concept

Honestly, it sounds like it's not just LLM expectations but human expectations. And changing a standard to meet that isn't really dystopian IMO.

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