#Thoughtprovoking Emojis are one the most used ways to communicate with someone as you can express emotions and states without having to type out the whole word or a good way to emphasize your point. They have taken the world by storm and during these last few years, with the invention of better and faster smartphones, their popularity has exploded and many consider them as the main way to communicate with other people. Emojis have proven themselves quite useful as they allow the user to communicate abstract thoughts or feelings to another person without having to rely on sight or body language, making them the best replacement for face-to-face communication. People like to represent themselves through emojis and that’s why they have different skin tones, builds, and professions. But do they represent equality, or are they as tone-deaf towards other people as many people in the world are?

1. How do emojis represent equality?

Emojis are as different from one another as the different emotions humans possess. It’s no surprise that each one of them reflects one person and their way of expressing themselves and as our smartphones get better over time, so do emojis. With every new update, emojis are upgraded to better suit their purpose and to become a better way to represent a person. Over time their numbers have increased to hundreds or even thousand and every person on the globe has access to them, making them a universal tool of communication regardless of gender, race, or origin. Emojis represent the person as a whole and this way everyone can be free to put themselves out through emojis without having to worry about penalties or other negative outcomes in doing so. They help us express ourselves by representing our image in the digital world along with all of our emotions and traits. Everyone can find an emoji specific to them without having to feel left out or ignored by the masses as new emojis are always being created to better suit individuals and their way of thinking. Imagine this, you wish to convey your feelings to a person you love. Doing this face to face can be quite difficult as many factors can lead to you getting rejected. By using emojis instead and representing your emotions through a text message it can be easier and a lot of people find this way to be the most efficient and productive method to making new friends or building new relationships which everyone in the world can do.

2. How are emojis made to be “equal”?

Emojis are designed and made by large corporations that look at social trends, gender roles, and other events to get inspiration to better their work. Every emoji should be allowed to be customized by the user of the phone so that they can feel a sense of themselves in the images they send. New emojis are firstly designed by art teams that help give abstract feeling and thoughts a more solid footing in reality and after that teams of developers look after the interactions that an emoji will have its importance and their function. Emojis are always changing by providing the user with many more customizable menus and texts. “But how do they help out in making the world more equal?”-you may be asking yourself at the moment. Well, emojis encompass a large set of professions, either by creating specific emojis or by combining two older ones into a better emoji. Consider this like recycling, but with greater results and more impact. By assigning more professions and other customizable traits like skin tone, text, attire, and appearance, emojis are becoming ever better at representing people and providing them with an equal footing in the online world. If many people request a new emoji to be made and the need for such an emoji is justified, then many developing teams will partake in getting the new emoji out so people may use it. These last few years new methods have appeared to make new emojis more equal such as “emoji”, emojis that fully represent a person in their entirety regardless of gender and race. Major importance is given to the development of these images and they have come a long way from their humble beginnings as just simple images to convey emotions. Major importance is also put on making gender roles fluid between individuals and not constrained to one category, relieving the gender roles that exist in our society.

CONCLUSION

Emojis have now become a major part of online communication in the online world and they should be treated with the utmost respect as you would treat any other person in a way that represents a real person with their feelings and thoughts. They are becoming the best tools we have to convey our inner thoughts without having to go through many troublesome interactions that require meeting up or even writing if we are short on time. Everyone is entitled to the emoji that makes them feel special and being able to stand out in a sea of people is one of the greatest human emotions. This way emojis provide people with the ever-needed equality they so long for in the real world without having to undergo difficult activities to make themselves clear. By having emojis present all around and being able to change them to suit your personality, you and other people on the internet are creating a better and more equal world where everyone has a say in different problems and solutions. By creating emojis based on yourself, you can be the same person you are in the real world without having to worry about the negative repercussions that an equal world may present to you.

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