35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”.

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  • AnAmericanPotato@programming.devEnglish
    28·
    5 months ago

    This will likely be rejected for one the same reasons that they decided they would not add any new flag emojis. Flags come and go. Bitcoin hasn’t even been around for 20 years yet, and its future is highly uncertain.

    Also, considered as a currency, it would be better as a regular text character, not an emoji. Like $, €, ¥, £, etc.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      15·
      5 months ago

      I actually don’t mind it being added as a text character because then I can actually use it. Using it as an emoji is useless to everyone other than the crypto bros that want to spam it on Twitter.

        • AnAmericanPotato@programming.devEnglish
          10·
          5 months ago

          I don’t know about strictly “unable” but there are a million contexts where it is a bad idea and simply not done. Like a spreadsheet or financial document. Or anywhere you want your text to behave like text — with a consistent font, color, style, etc. The difference between $ (text) and 💲 (emoji) is pretty stark in most contexts.

          • ulterno@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
            7·
            5 months ago

            For example, on the dark background of the UI I am viewing your comment on, The $ symbol is in white colour (as the font has been set).

            But the emoji is dark grey, and wouldn’t be visible if I had a cheap, low contrast monitor.

            • Trev625@lemm.eeEnglish
              5·
              5 months ago

              For me it looks like this:

              So the text one appears the same for both of us but the emoji one appears differently which could possibly change its meaning if they were different enough

              • ulterno@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
                3·
                5 months ago

                Probably because the emoji fonts don’t change their colour with the font.color, which normal characters do.

                And your browser is using a different font from mine

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Emoji are only supported in rich text formatted documents they’re not actual text. If I type a Euro symbol it’s a Euro symbol it’s not a picture of a Euro symbol depending on context it’s the actual Euro symbol. If I ask a computer what symbol it is the computer can tell me it’s a Euro symbol, it doesn’t go, ooh I don’t know it’s a picture.

          € 💶

          One renders consistently irrespective of device viewing the other is entirely dependent of device viewing. Go look at this post on different devices and see the problem

    • umbraroze@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      5 months ago

      Technically, emoji doesn’t even have specific flags, they just have country codes, conforming to the ISO list - actually choosing which flags will be included is up to the individual implemeters. Regional flags got a little bit complicated because they need to establish the conventions first.