# Please make the emojis work again :) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431 "2020-06-22T13:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/1 "2020-06-22T13:08:59Z")
The first time I came to the new site, the emojis worked just fine. I think they will be a nice addition to our experience, I don’t think people have abused them. Wouldn’t everyone like to be able to drop an emoji once in a while now that we have entered a new era? Editing to see whether they work again: 🙂 (because the emoji shows up in the thread/topic title). Editing again to confirm that they do not work despite the emoji that shows in the title. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/2 "2020-06-22T13:24:17Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > Editing to see whether they work again: 🙂 (because the emoji shows up in the thread/topic title). That one shows so maybe fixed ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/3 "2020-06-22T13:26:54Z")
Whaat? This may indicate the fact that emojis don’t work for me only! Why? (and I would need a zooming out cinematic emoji here…) ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/4 "2020-06-22T13:28:08Z")
Let me test it again: 🙂 ETA: really, I cannot see anything although when editing it does say: : s l i g h t \_ s m i l e : (without the spaces, of course). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/5 "2020-06-22T13:28:42Z")
I only see emojis in the thread title and quote. For me, there is no emoji in the OP nor your last post. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/6 "2020-06-22T13:30:27Z")
Phew. It’s not only me. They will believe me. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/7 "2020-06-22T13:36:48Z")
It might be on your end not for the board itself. Maybe some blocking, either built into your browser or an installed extension, is getting in your way. I have the built in ad blocking under Opera enabled and a javascript blocker. I did need to add a script to my allowed list in the JS blocker to have the page work properly. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/8 "2020-06-22T13:39:09Z")
Okay, wait. They may have disappeared when I changed the theme. Let me check something. ETA: trying to add an emoji after changing the theme: 🙂 Subsequent ETA: no, that’s not it. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/9 "2020-06-22T13:42:47Z")
I also switched to the mobile device format for everything. That could be a difference relevant to the issue as well. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/10 "2020-06-22T13:46:34Z")
Looks like emojis only work in quoted text. > ☹ Copying and pasting some Unicode emojis: 🌹🎶🌠 Doesn’t show up either. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/11 "2020-06-22T13:48:20Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Looks like emojis only work in quoted text. For now. It will probably be fixed. But I will still be able to use them by quoting myself. > [@](#): > > Let’s look at the full half of the cup. 🙂 ETA: Once I added the text, the emoji stopped showing. Subsequent ETA: By placing the text before the emoji, I can make it show again. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/12 "2020-06-22T13:49:07Z")
I’m not seeing them in the body of posts, but I can see the one in the thread title. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/13 "2020-06-22T13:49:10Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Looks like emojis only work in quoted text. > > > ☹ > > Copying and pasting some Unicode emojis: > > 🌹🎶🌠 > > Doesn’t show up either. ☹ ☹ 🙁 Weird. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/14 "2020-06-22T13:50:41Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I’m not seeing them in the body of posts, but I can see the one in the thread title. 🙃 Quoting myself does work. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/15 "2020-06-22T14:23:16Z")
I’ve tried using various emojis and do not see them in my post, but in notifications about the post they (sometimes) show up. 😇🔚 ♏ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/16 "2020-06-22T14:23:43Z")
They show up when quoted. ETA: damn, they shpwed up in the preview. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/17 "2020-06-22T14:31:29Z")
The rose, the notes, and the star? I see them. I’m using Chrome as my browser, if that makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/18 "2020-06-22T14:34:22Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve tried using various emojis and do not see them in my post, but in notifications about the post they (sometimes) show up. > > 😇🔚 > > ♏ Maybe they only show up when someone else quotes them. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/19 "2020-06-22T14:34:29Z")
Oh, really. Let me check. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431/20 "2020-06-22T14:37:31Z")
I see them all, in all the posts on this thread. Safari on my iPad [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-the-emojis-work-again/911431.md?page=2)