

Quote by Safryzer
Is it still the case that emojis are banned within stories, even where exchanges by text message are depicted? Generally, I think itβs a good rule. But emojis are so ubiquitous in text messages these days that it feels like a forced error to omit them. π For many people, emojis are part of natural text speak. In a couple of cases recently, the lack of emojis in text messages, where it feels like a character would use them, has actually pulled me out of the story.
As Seeker said, text emojis are fine when used in text messages as long as you don't go crazy with them, then they become distracting. The graphical ones sometimes show up as empty squares on some devices/browsers. Plus they don't work for screen readers
Edit to add:
Quote by AvidlyCurious
Emoticons (sequence of symbols) are okay.
We avoid using emojis (the images) because some systems don't recognise them and for some they may appear like a square.
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