emoji obsolescence

A call to action: stop being a slacktivist—it’s time to update emoji to prevent emoji obsolescence! (Or: emoji serve inadvertently as a time capsule of the early 2000s.)

Jul 27, 2015

Culture, Language

emoji, emoji obsolescence, emoji updates, plague doctor

Background: As time goes on, certain emoji will become obsolete. Some of them already have! Although this is not a huge problem right now, it may become one in the future: will anyone understand what the “pager” emoji means in 100 years? Fig 1: In a hundred years, this pager icon will will baffle and…