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If you see the same emojis as others, this comment is secure: <HN doesn’t support emoji>

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In case anyone doesn't know: these code points are legit (Japanese) characters, whereas so-called emojis are a range of code points specifically for graphics. That's why I imagine HN software allows this to be posted even though emoji code points are removed

I've informally referred to this as "ASCIImoji", but TIL that its proper name is "Kaomoji": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaomoji

these were called emoticons for forever

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

Aren't kaomoji a subset of emoticons? most western old emoticons are turned 90° CCW, whereas kaomoji are mostly horizontal and often using CJK characters.

I've understood a subset of those, but apparently I've totally misunderstood this bit:

> The emphasis on the eyes in this style is reflected in the common usage of emoticons that use only the eyes, e.g. ^^

I always interpreted "^^" as equivalent to "this" or "ditto" -- arrows pointing at the immediately prior message. In hindsight, it could just as easily have been happy eyes!

> I always interpreted "^^" as equivalent to "this" or "ditto" -- arrows pointing at the immediately prior message.

That's... a good thing to be aware of as a heavy ^^ user myself! Thanks for sharing

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