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This page relates to the [https://www.loomio.org/d/vlmyMTNd/emoji-support Loomio discussion on support for emoji].

== Current functionality ==

Diaspora currently does not have native support for emoji or graphical smileys.

The votes so far in the Loomio discussion linked above have been:

* Diaspora should properly support unicode characters
* Diaspora should not replace unicode characters with equivalent images

One blocker so far for any proposals re supporting a unicode emoji character set has been that none of them have fitted well into Diaspora's UI. Diaspora has a minimal design, and so any emoji supported by Diaspora for inclusion in the UI should follow that minimal design ethos.

== Proposal ==

It would be worth approaching Diaspora's community to ask for designers who would be willing to work on a unicode emoji character set which fits well into Diaspora's UI, and put this into a sprite.

Below is a very rough mock-up of several minimalist approaches. The first is simply the emoticon with no border; the second with a circle around; the third with a slight 3D effect, the fourth with a grey background and the fifth is the inverted version of the first. These are intended simply as a starting point to help generate ideas.

[[File:Emoji.png]]

If any designer wants to pick up one of these approaches and start designing an emoji set for Diaspora, please do - or come up with a better approach.

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