Recent releases of emoji by Unicode, for example, have signified a long asked-for improved representation for disability rights and LGBT communities. But emoji can of course mean very different things for different people. At cApStAn we have been exploring the potential of emoji as a developing language for some time and find this an interesting field of research. And the emoji real time tracker on Twitter flashes so fast it comes with an epilepsy warning. The numbers about emoji use are mindboggling: it is estimated that more than 700 million are used every day in Facebook posts alone. By Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
