Ah, another exciting "update" from a company that thinks adding more #emojis and social media links will distract us from their confusing labyrinth of pricing changes. Spoiler alert: your #wallet won't be in a "flow state" anytime soon.
https://windsurf.com/blog/pricing-v2 #pricingchanges #socialmedia #confusion #humor #HackerNews #ngated

We're excited to introduce emoji reactions in the upcoming #BotKit 0.2.0 release!

With the new Message.react() method, your bot can now react to messages using standard Unicode #emojis:

await message.react(emoji``);

#Custom_emoji support is also included, allowing your bot to react with server-specific emojis:

const emojis = bot.addCustomEmojis({
  // Use a remote image URL:
  yesBlob: {
    url: "https://cdn3.emoji.gg/emojis/68238-yesblob.png",
    mediaType: "image/png",
  },
  // Use a local image file:
  noBlob: {
    file: `${import.meta.dirname}/emojis/no_blob.png`,
    mediaType: "image/webp",
  },
});

await message.react(emojis.yesBlob);

Reactions can be removed using the AuthorizedReaction.unreact() method:

const reaction = await message.react(emoji``);
await reaction.unreact();

Want to try these features now? You can install the development version from JSR today:

deno add jsr:@fedify/botkit@0.2.0-dev.84+c997c6a6

We're looking forward to seeing how your bots express themselves with this new feature!

Personas con problemas de visión del fediverso, yo os invoco. ¿Qué os parece el uso de los emojis formados por signos de puntuación? Me refiero a cosas tipo :) o >_<

¿Los lectores de pantalla «traducen» bien el significado? ¿Os resulta más cómodo el uso de estos o de las típicas caritas ?

Porque magino que cosas más elaboradas, como ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶ os pareceran un galimatías, claro.

Lo pregunto por saber qué os resulta más accesible y fácil de interpretar, y así hacer un Mastodon un poco mejor para todes.

¡Gracias!

EDITO: gracias a todes por compartir y por las respuestas. Según parece, los únicos emojis que se interpretan correctamente por los lectores de pantalla son los que vienen en el teclado. Es decir, las caritas

What is your opinion on the inclusion of #emojis in #Unicode? An answer by Nick Nicholas, a Greek linguist and data analyst residing in Melbourne, Australia.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-opinion-on-the-inclusion-of-emojis-in-Unicode

Product placement has arrived in Microsoft Teams #emojis. I guess I should have expected this at some point.

Breaking news for the three people who care: you can finally make your #Slack #emoji blindingly #vibrant, as long as you're using #Apple products and have no regard for your retinas. Meanwhile, #Android #users are left squinting at their grayscale blobs, wondering why anyone would go through the hassle of installing ImageMagick just to get an emoji #facelift.
https://sharpletters.net/2025/04/16/hdr-emoji/ #Emojis #Struggles #HackerNews #ngated

HDR‑Infused Emoji

https://sharpletters.net/2025/04/16/hdr-emoji/

Best part of teaching a class on #emojis: Reading student term papers about emojis! #linguistics #amGrading #academicChatter

Bluesky se pone las pilas: reacciones con emojis en los mensajes y nueva pestaña Explore con tendencias, cuentas recomendadas y más. Todo pensado para que migrar desde X sea más fácil. ¿Lo has probado ya?
#Bluesky #RedesSociales #TechNews #Emojis #ExploreTab

Ok donc maintenant #google anime ses #emojis et les #chat pros deviennent encore plus une cours d'école.

au

secours

iOS 18.4 erweitert Emoji-Angebot und passt Flagge Syriens an
Mit iOS 18.4 führt Apple acht neue Emojis und mehrere Designänderungen ein. Die Neuerungen betreffen nicht nur symbolische Darstellungen, sondern auch geopolitisch relevante Inhalte. Zudem startet die Genmoji
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/ios-18-4-erweitert-emoji-angebot-und-passt-flagge-syriens-an/
#News #Tellerrand #Apple #EmojiUpdate #Emojis #Genmoji #IOS184 #MacOS154 #SarkFlagge #SyrienFlagge #Unicode160 #WatchOS114

Guten Morgen Toots

Meine Agenda sagt:
"Heute keine Ereignisse mehr"

Na, schaun wa mal !
Dieser Mann kann ja ne Menge Blödsinn anstellen und es fällt ihm auch immer was ein ...

... by the way ...
Kann jemand von Euch das unten stehende Bild in ein #Emoji umwandeln und unter:
"Spezielle #Emojis" bei #Mastodon einfügen ??

Puzzling question of the day: why are there two #emojis / #Unicode code points for tickets?

"Admission Tickets" ( U+1F39F)
"Ticket" (U+1F3AB)

The Unicode documentation seems to suggest that "admission tickets" don't refer to unique events, but merely to "access" (like to a museum); whereas "ticket" refers to performances and events.

However, almost all online emoji resource sites claim that "admission tickets" may refer to events, as well.

So: what's the rule, here?

I did my about 50th emoji interview today without once mentioning the eggplant emoji, please clap!
( yes, but I draw the line at in professional communication)
(also, I once accidentally said the word "sex" on live radio, and I could hear both moderators audibly drawing breath)
(they asked me back on air later the same day ) #emojis #sciComm

Sagt mal, wie kommt ihr eigentlich an eure #Emojis. Mir werden immer nur ganz andere zur Auswahl gestellt, wenn ich mal welche benutzen möchte.
Ich nutze Mastodon mit Tusky.

A journalist who was interviewing me* asked how long I’ve been working on #emojis, and off the top of my head, I answered “over ten years”. Then I checked, and it has been exactly ten years and a month (or so) #linguistics #sciComm 1/2
* (article appeared Friday in SZ)