![]() The earliest emojis? They were actually emoticons. How did emojis infiltrate the lexicon? Emojis first came around in 1982 when computer scientist Scott Fahlman suggested that using text-based symbols like □ could replace words in sentences. One peer-reviewed study from PLOS ONE found that emojis are an effective way for relationship-oriented digital communication. In a world of flat text and repetitive letters, emojis add emotional nuance to help people read between the lines. These pictures - from □ to □ to □ - represent the first language born exclusively on the internet, for the internet. ![]() The Most Popular Discord & Slack EmojisĮmojis started out as cute pictures on the Internet, but these digital icons have quickly become the lingua franca of the digital age. ![]()
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