How AI Stole the ✨ Sparkles ✨ Emoji

462K views · 2 years ago · explainer · evergreen

David Imel's video on the history of the sparkles emoji and how AI products adopted it as their symbol. It draws on months of research, including a trip to Japan to interview the creator of emoji.

HN people recommend it as a fantastic, well-researched deep dive into emoji history.

“David Imel put together a fantastic deep dive.”

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@xou2025 · in “Japan telecom giant NTT Docomo to end own emoji after 26 years”
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@aaronscott2024 · in “Emoji History: The Missing Years”
If you find this topic interesting, David Imel put together a fantastic deep dive. He spent four months of research, went to Japan to interview the creator of emoji, and put together a very good video on the topic[0]. [0] ▶ this video
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