> I generally associate the term 'emoji' with Unicode characters specifically
Platforms like Slack and Mastodon now let you add what they call "custom emoji" which back in a web forum in 1999 we would have called "smilies", but in any case are definitely not part of unicode.
The term has evolved to just mean any graphical smilies/small embedded images
Platforms like Slack and Mastodon now let you add what they call "custom emoji" which back in a web forum in 1999 we would have called "smilies", but in any case are definitely not part of unicode.
The term has evolved to just mean any graphical smilies/small embedded images