smallpatatas@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.caexternal-linkmessage-square322fedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down155file-text
arrow-up1321arrow-down1external-linkBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.casmallpatatas@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square322fedilinkfile-text
35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”. F that
minus-squarebeeb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoSurely the Tokyo tower is a specific product then? 🗼It costs money to visit, aren’t the other towers jealous?
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agohttps://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html#Faulty_Comparison The Tokyo Tower🗼(a specific building) does not justify adding the Eiffel Tower. Many historical emoji violate current factors for inclusion. Once an emoji is encoded it cannot be removed from the Unicode Standard. It was added when Unicode Consortium had different guidelines. They don’t accept specific buildings anymore. Under automatically declined: Specific buildings, structures, landmarks, or other locations, whether fictional, historic, or modern.
Surely the Tokyo tower is a specific product then? 🗼It costs money to visit, aren’t the other towers jealous?
https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html#Faulty_Comparison
It was added when Unicode Consortium had different guidelines. They don’t accept specific buildings anymore.
Under automatically declined:
Thanks for the explanation