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The hardest problem in computer science is actually switching from one emoji pack to another

Sigh. I'm talking about switching from EmojiOne to Twemoji

@Gargron I feel like a lot of Masto culture and lore is tied to the current emoji set. Seems like a shame to switch to Twitter's

@nolan That doesn't ring true to me..? I have not noticed any culture tied directly to EmojiOne..?

@gargron @nolan https://github.com/googlei18n/noto-emoji ?

@cwebber @nolan those aren't even the cute blob ones tho

Christopher Lemmer Webber @cwebber

@gargron @nolan that's because Google's team abandoned the cute blob ones in favor of "let's do what Apple is doing" :<

Sep 21, 2017, 19:52 · Web · 0 · 3

@nolan @gargron sad move tbh https://medium.com/google-design/redesigning-android-emoji-cb22e3b51cc6

@gargron @nolan I mean they look pretty good but they aren't those super cute blobs

@cwebber @Gargron @nolan the blobs were so much better.

@brennen @cwebber @Gargron @nolan the blobs are still in the repo, you just have to rollback to a proper commit
of course it means to new emoji. I'd love it if some artist forked it

@nolan @Gargron @cwebber @brennen *it means no new emoji

@cwebber @Gargron @nolan

Agreed, the blob had so much character !