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Non MN emojis. What's the latest?

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Sparklingbrook · 01/02/2016 09:44

When are they going? It's 'after Christmas' and a bit more now. Smile

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Sparklingbrook · 01/02/2016 11:48
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tabulahrasa · 01/02/2016 10:47

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MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 01/02/2016 10:36

The attraction of MN for lots of people is that there's a limited amount of interfering with what people post and how they post it Wink

To be totally honest I doubt my heart would break if they went, but I don't think their existence is that much of a biggy.

I apologise for teasing you though and I will try to shut up.

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Sparklingbrook · 01/02/2016 10:28

The problem is that not everyone can see the outsider emojis so they are currently useless.

The attraction of MN for lots of people is that it is plain and not littered with lots of emojis.

I don't have FB or Twitter but I have seen the emojis on my teenager's and teens seem to love them. I think that says it all.

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AnchorDownDeepBreath · 01/02/2016 10:24

Are they definitely going?

I think it's probably time for MN to embrace outsider emojis, or update their own selection so that people don't want to use others. As they become more common and open-source, it'll be more difficult to block them.

It might be a better use of time to sticky something advising people the common reasons why they aren't showing, and potential fixes.

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 01/02/2016 10:05

I just think less pixelated would be nice. They just seem a bit backward to me and they jar with Wine, Brew, Cake, Flowers and Star, all of which are accepted as fine.

I think they've done it on the app, but the app's a bit shit in other ways so I use the mobile site.

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Sparklingbrook · 01/02/2016 10:00

And there is nothing that comes close to the Hmm face.

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Sparklingbrook · 01/02/2016 10:00

The MN emojis are fine. Small and not too many of them. I like it that they are different from FB/Twitter et al.

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MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 01/02/2016 09:59

Tbh Sparkling, I don't think the 'Mumsnetter Approved' ones do either!

I still like them though.

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 01/02/2016 09:58

But if MN updated their emojis they would become more intrusive as well.

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 01/02/2016 09:57

Of course MNHQ could make the MN ones more up-to-date and less like they were 'drawn' on a BBC computer in 1987. Then my life would be complete.

Actually no, when MN do that and Apple do a Hmm, then my life would be complete.

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Sparklingbrook · 01/02/2016 09:55

The ones I can actually see don't add anything at all to the conversation.

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ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 01/02/2016 09:52

Yes MN I haven't forgotten either, and I still find non MN emojis irritating - they really "pop" out if the page, and are very distracting when reading.

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 01/02/2016 09:50

Learn to love the teeny tiny squares, you know you want to really!

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Sparklingbrook · 01/02/2016 09:48

Just a friendly reminder. I can't see half of them along with lots of other posters. Teeny tiny squares.

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MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 01/02/2016 09:46

You're never gonna give it up until they're gone, are you?

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