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Express emotions has been a constant need in Internet from the origins of the network of networks. In those early days, when there was only the text plane and computer graphics were almost science fiction, they were invented smileys, some symbols made from the keyboard that denoted smiling, sad, serious faces, or that laughed at the top of their lungs.

These smileys, still fully valid today (I myself use them in any communication, either through email or social networks) have ended up being surpassed by the emojis, an extension of what the smileys but that take the full potential of graphic environments, including even animations.

A emoji It is an iconic image, which may or may not include animations, and with which it is sought to express a feeling in a summarized way

We must look for the origin of the word in Japan at the end of the 90s of the last century, although at the The rest of the world arrived at the beginning of this century, and have really become popular not long ago. years.

The same ideographic Japanese writing facilitated the adoption of these symbols, as well as in much of the East and, later, in the West.

The factor that has allowed the popularization of emojis we must look for it in the explosion of instant messaging systems and services over IP protocol and, especially, in those that are used from our smartphones, but also through social networks

It is in the use of mobile phones where we need the most, we can express a emotion or feeling (purpose for which the emojis) with the touch of a single finger, since to write a lot on these terminals - especially if done with one hand - can be difficult and tiring.

Social networks require us, many times, the same sobriety, to be able to respond without wasting much time.

In both cases, the available variety of smileys can easily fall short, while emojis they are infinite.

Each program allows us to add sets of emojis according to the needs or our preferences

In some cases, these emojis are presented for free or paid, depending on the strategy content of the platform. In general, it is easy for a certain service or product to have a series of free and paid emojis to complement the former.

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