>In the early days, we were literal

People using smiling and laughing emoji were not literally smiling and laughing no more than the people writing LOL.

>We’re handing over raw .OBJ files to the community so they can use them to build immersive VR worlds, indie apps or weird memes.

Where?

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thih9 an hour ago | parent [-]

No, the point was that we were literal when choosing which emoji to use.

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charcircuit an hour ago | parent [-]

That's not what the article is saying from my reading of it. It thinks "rolling on the floor laughing" is a new exaggerated phenomenon despite ROFL being used the same way for decades.

	▲	thih9 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		IMHO it’s still just that: early emoji use was literal and later use got more [nail polish emoji]. Not sure why ROFL is relevant, a typical emoji user is likely unfamiliar with internet slang.