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  1. Comment on Emoji don't mean what they used to - The pictorial language has moved away from ideography and toward illustration in ~humanities

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    This is one of my biggest gripes with emoji. Samsung even had to update their emoji because of how different it looked in comparison to other platforms, causing miscommunication.

    This is mostly works out fine for some symbols (it's hard to be confused about an apple), but others like "grinning face", "face with mask", and "crying with laughter" often have subtle differences in that can result in miscommunication (and have, in my experience). On top of that we even have vendors breaking with the standard for moral/social reasons as with the "(squirt)gun" emoji.

    This is one of my biggest gripes with emoji. Samsung even had to update their emoji because of how different it looked in comparison to other platforms, causing miscommunication.

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  2. Comment on Isn't the number of groups too restrictive? in ~tildes

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    Agreed, a trust system would be ideal.

    Agreed, a trust system would be ideal.

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  3. Comment on Isn't the number of groups too restrictive? in ~tildes

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    Oh cool! I wasn't around yet back then but I should have searched a bit before making that suggestion haha. I still think it could work if it was more automated, but account age/activity of the...

    Oh cool! I wasn't around yet back then but I should have searched a bit before making that suggestion haha.

    I still think it could work if it was more automated, but account age/activity of the voting users should be taken into consideration then, so people can't just use bots to create new groups.

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  4. Comment on Isn't the number of groups too restrictive? in ~tildes

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    I don't know if this would prove to be more of an annoyance than something useful in this context, but I like Stack Exchange's process for site creation, Area 51. Users submit proposals for new...

    I don't know if this would prove to be more of an annoyance than something useful in this context, but I like Stack Exchange's process for site creation, Area 51. Users submit proposals for new sites, it then goes through three phases: Definition, Commitment and Beta. All phases depend on the users, meaning that if they can't define a scope for the site, show commitment and then keep the site alive in beta, it doesn't get to become a community.

    Maybe something similar, but less complicated, could work to make sure new groups don't become ghost towns while still giving users the power to create them.

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  5. Comment on Reddit raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation - interview with Steve Huffman in ~tech

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    But let's be honest, they don't really need the code to make a clone. They have money and hundreds/thousands of employees, it's just a matter of calling a meeting and start developing. Hell, they...

    But let's be honest, they don't really need the code to make a clone. They have money and hundreds/thousands of employees, it's just a matter of calling a meeting and start developing.

    Hell, they might be already doing it, who knows? Didn't they released a clone of PUBG not long after porting it to mobile?

    8 votes