35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”.

F that

  • @AnAmericanPotatoEnglish
    10•1 month ago

    I don’t know about strictly “unable” but there are a million contexts where it is a bad idea and simply not done. Like a spreadsheet or financial document. Or anywhere you want your text to behave like text — with a consistent font, color, style, etc. The difference between $ (text) and 💲 (emoji) is pretty stark in most contexts.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•1 month ago

      For example, on the dark background of the UI I am viewing your comment on, The $ symbol is in white colour (as the font has been set).

      But the emoji is dark grey, and wouldn’t be visible if I had a cheap, low contrast monitor.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•1 month ago

        For me it looks like this:

        So the text one appears the same for both of us but the emoji one appears differently which could possibly change its meaning if they were different enough

        • @[email protected]English
          3•1 month ago

          Probably because the emoji fonts don’t change their colour with the font.color, which normal characters do.

          And your browser is using a different font from mine