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10-Year-Old Boy Starts Petition to Change 'Nerd' Emoji: 'I Think People Who Wear Glasses Are Cool'
Teddy Cottel was angry at Apple's emoji depicting someone wearing glasses with their front teeth sticking out Getty ... "It's making me feel sad and upset, and if I find it offensive there'll ...
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Five points for anger, one for a ‘like’: How Facebook’s formula fostered rage and misinformation
“love,” “haha,” “wow,” “sad” and “angry.” Behind the scenes, Facebook programmed the algorithm that decides what people see in their news feeds to use the reaction emoji as ...
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10-Year-Old Petitions Apple to Rethink ‘Nerd’ Emoji: 'Absolutely Horrible for People Wearing Glasses'
It’s making me feel sad and upset ... face instead of the horrible rabbit teeth,” Cottlel said about his mockup, which was dubbed the “genius emoji." “I like wearing glasses because ...
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Will we get a sad poop emoji? Well, there's a process
What about one that's sad? There's loaf of bread and a croissant ... a scholarly communications librarian at the University of Pittsburgh. "Emoji is one way language is growing," she says.
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Sleepy face, sad face or shocked face: The emoji identity crisis.
The greatest agreement on meaning came on this one: More than seven out of 10, YouGov said, interpreted it as “sad ... not angry/fed up.” The “frowning face with open mouth” emoji ...
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10-Year-Old Teddy Petitions Apple To Redesign Stereotypical Emoji Making Him Feel “Sad And Upset”
Teddy, a 10-year-old Apple fan from the UK initiates a petition urging Apple to revamp the "nerd face" glasses emoji. Teddy firmly believes that the pronounced front teeth on the emoji contribute ...