Comment on Is there any significance to people using emojis that match their skin tone?
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Everyone simply saw the yellow ones them as neutral toned. It’s a nice contrasting color to show the emotion; they have always done a good job representing everyone while serving their goal: to convey emotion.
The push for skin-representation in emoji’s always struck me as weird since they already represented everyone. I rarely see people using them who aren’t a bit too focused on skin color in their day-to-day life.
…since they already represented everyone.
Did they really? Because if that were the case we wouldn’t have different skin tones for emojis with people claiming they feel more represented by them or happy to use them because they have the same skin tone.
Yes, they did. The Canadian flag represents all Canadians. The BC province flag may represent me more closely, but it doesn’t stop the Canada flag from doing the same. While some people will be happy they can represent themselves more accurately to real life, it also makes for more exclusive use cases. I think there’s an argument to be made for keeping things simple and broadly usable.
Everyone simply saw the yellow ones as neutral toned.
In se those ones because they’re cloaerbtobthe top of the list, therefore faster to scroll to when I’m choosing an emoji.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That, and I think they trace a direct lineage back to the original Harvey Ross Ball smiley face, which was also yellow.
Me, I don’t particularly care about matching emoji skintones to myself. Rather, I’m much more annoyed that I can’t tune the 🏍️ emoji to match the color of my motorcycle. What a rip off.
LilDumpy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I don’t feel represented. There isn’t a badass chrome and black cruiser emjoi that makes a loud-ass rumble when you open the message, so I’m stuck with the fast and quiet Supersport 🏍.
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Similarly, there’s no muscle car or hot hatch, just 🏎️🚗