smallpatatasJul 31, 2024

Petition: Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji

https://lemm.ee/post/38424460

Petition: Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji - lemm.ee

35 crypto companies made a Change Dot Org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji” [https://www.change.org/p/bitcoin-deserves-an-emoji] F that Sign this one instead: “Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji”: https://www.change.org/bitcoin-is-stupid [https://www.change.org/bitcoin-is-stupid]

Show threadzoutJul 31, 2024
Maybe a hot take, but I think emojis are stupid, so maybe bitcoin deserves one after all?
Show threadV0ldekJul 31, 2024

emojis are stupid

Really curious on what grounds, like is the entire idea of a pictogram stupid?

Show threadzoutJul 31, 2024
I'm 48 years old, so I didn't grow up with them. I do think some of them have their place though, but there's quite a lot of novelty emojis. So I guess that I'm an old guy who only likes the old ascii emoticons.
Show threadswlabrJul 31, 2024
😡🤜☁️
Show threadaveryminyaJul 31, 2024

This may be the best usage of emojis ever. I think we should probably shit down emojis as a whole, they’ll never get better than this comment.

Oh, shoot. I mean

☝️🤯👏🎉

Show threadtigeruppercut
IMO the best use of emojis was when Chinese citizens used them to share info about covid while the govt was actively censoring it (that article calls them emoticons for some reason though)
Skirting Chinese censorship with emoticons and telegraph codes

In China, dissident voices are bypassing state censorship and information controls by using old-school telegraph codes and emoticons to encode articles.

Brookings
Aug 1, 2024 at 8:45pmWeb