![]() I have long since used animated gifs on Twitter and I have used emoticons but I had not previously used emojis and it couldn’t be easier since a Twitter update allowing you to do just this was rolled out in July 2016.Īll you have to is log into Twitter, type your Tweet direct or into your scheduler and then copy and paste your selected symbol from an emoji site like emojikeyboard or emojipedia You will, of course, see the symbols on here described as "Twemoji's"! ![]() These were created in Japan during the 1990’s with the word coming from e and moji which translates to “pictograph” These were apparently started in the early 80’s with the word emoticon coming from emotion icon.Įmoji’s however are actual pictures - for example the well used smiley face available to use when commenting on things on Facebook, Instagram or Skype Actually this was not just down to my age (!) apparently people do incorrectly use the words interchangeably but in fact an emoticon is a text version of a facial expression. The first thing I realised was that I didn’t actually know the difference between an emoji and an emoticon. If you don’t have an image to share, sometimes an emoji, emoticon, ASCII art, symbols, or even a simple line break or two can add the same effect” There’s lots of useful advice here but the sub heading that caught my eye was “ Eye-catching formatting of your social media posts" where they said “ Tweets and posts like these (below) do such a great job of standing out in a feed, similar to the effect of a photo. The article was called "How to Share Like a Social Media Pro"and you can read it in full here ![]() I’m mindful that you must never rest in finding ways to stand out from the crowd and it was a very useful post from Buffer which initially set me off investigating into emoticons and emojis.
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