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07-17-2016, 10:31 AM
Twitter data shows the world is making boring emoji choices
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Bad news, world: Your emoji choices are truly bland.
In celebration of World Emoji Day Sunday — held annually on July 17 because that's the date shown on the emoji calendar (http://emojipedia.org/calendar/), geddit? — Twitter has released the most tweeted emoji globally from mid-2015 to mid-2016. And, well, it's a little lacklustre.*
SEE ALSO: The Twitter army attacking Facebook gun sales (http://mashable.com/2016/07/16/how-to-remove-facebook-gun-sales/)
Worldwide, the most tweeted emoji is the "face with tears of joy," as dubbed by Unicode (http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html). It's followed by the smiling face with heart eyes and a weeping emoji. Where is the judgmental "thinking face (http://emojipedia.org/thinking-face/)?" Where is the "vulcan salute (http://emojipedia.org/raised-hand-with-part-between-middle-and-ring-fingers/)"? Where is any emoji with some personality? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/17/top-emoji-day-twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about World Emoji Day (http://mashable.com/category/world-emoji-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Emoji (http://mashable.com/category/emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/E4kR1Geqb34
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Bad news, world: Your emoji choices are truly bland.
In celebration of World Emoji Day Sunday — held annually on July 17 because that's the date shown on the emoji calendar (http://emojipedia.org/calendar/), geddit? — Twitter has released the most tweeted emoji globally from mid-2015 to mid-2016. And, well, it's a little lacklustre.*
SEE ALSO: The Twitter army attacking Facebook gun sales (http://mashable.com/2016/07/16/how-to-remove-facebook-gun-sales/)
Worldwide, the most tweeted emoji is the "face with tears of joy," as dubbed by Unicode (http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html). It's followed by the smiling face with heart eyes and a weeping emoji. Where is the judgmental "thinking face (http://emojipedia.org/thinking-face/)?" Where is the "vulcan salute (http://emojipedia.org/raised-hand-with-part-between-middle-and-ring-fingers/)"? Where is any emoji with some personality? Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/17/top-emoji-day-twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about World Emoji Day (http://mashable.com/category/world-emoji-day/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Emoji (http://mashable.com/category/emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/E4kR1Geqb34