United States of Emoji
August 20, 2015 4:43 AM Subscribe
Which emoji does each state use more than others?*
'I wonder why the eggplant is Nevada's most popular emoji.' 'The 22 states that are obsessed with food emoji.' 'No, these aren't each state's favorite emoji.' 'Swiftkey emoji study proves your apps are spying on your poop jokes.'
'I wonder why the eggplant is Nevada's most popular emoji.' 'The 22 states that are obsessed with food emoji.' 'No, these aren't each state's favorite emoji.' 'Swiftkey emoji study proves your apps are spying on your poop jokes.'
Metafilter: 💩
posted by leotrotsky at 6:01 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by leotrotsky at 6:01 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
Oh good! I was hoping someone would post this so that we could collectively figure these out. I'm counting on you, Metafilter.
So, Alabama's elephant is obviously for the Crimson Tide. That's all I got. Maybe DC's snowman is because of federal snow days...?
Also, if you click on a state, it will show you more info about what other emojis it uses more/less than average. Besides the eggplant, Nevada also uses: 🚕 👄 🔑 💻 more than average, and "👖" less than average. Subtle, Nevada.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:08 AM on August 20, 2015
So, Alabama's elephant is obviously for the Crimson Tide. That's all I got. Maybe DC's snowman is because of federal snow days...?
Also, if you click on a state, it will show you more info about what other emojis it uses more/less than average. Besides the eggplant, Nevada also uses: 🚕 👄 🔑 💻 more than average, and "👖" less than average. Subtle, Nevada.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:08 AM on August 20, 2015
Peaches and bathtubs - what is is about Minnesota?
posted by oceanjesse at 6:10 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by oceanjesse at 6:10 AM on August 20, 2015
I am gratified to know that Massachusetts, inventor of the Chocolate Chip cookie, uses it disproportionately in emoji form.
Even though the existence of this article has reminded me to look into how to permanently disable them on my phone.
posted by Diablevert at 6:34 AM on August 20, 2015
Even though the existence of this article has reminded me to look into how to permanently disable them on my phone.
posted by Diablevert at 6:34 AM on August 20, 2015
omg corn
posted by halifix at 6:51 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by halifix at 6:51 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
This can't be accurate, there is no way that each state has a unique emoji that is preferred above all others. The odds of that happening are well, 1 in 50 I suppose. Never mind, I read the fine print.
posted by furtive at 6:57 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by furtive at 6:57 AM on August 20, 2015
💩 is the only worthwhile emoji.
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:17 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:17 AM on August 20, 2015
🔱 is a trident emblem? And it is the most used in Vermont? wtf?
posted by terrapin at 7:18 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by terrapin at 7:18 AM on August 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
Buried the lede here, didn't we? Swiftkey is storing your keystrokes in such a way that you can recover your prefs when you get a new device. You can opt out, but jeez this is creepy. I'm surprised Google hasn't acquired them yet.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:47 AM on August 20, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:47 AM on August 20, 2015 [4 favorites]
SwiftKey Cloud is actually opt-in, or at least it was when I installed it way back when.
posted by tonycpsu at 9:14 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by tonycpsu at 9:14 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
Two of Wisconsin's top 5 emoji are empty boxes. I'll assume they used to contain beer and cheese.
posted by desjardins at 10:41 AM on August 20, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by desjardins at 10:41 AM on August 20, 2015 [3 favorites]
You're right, tonycpsu. Makes it a lot less creepy.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:44 AM on August 20, 2015
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:44 AM on August 20, 2015
terrapin, I'm just as confused as you are.... it's nice to know that the happy little pile of poo was in the running, though. For a while there, I had my ex-girlfriend convinced that it was actually an emoji for soft serve ice cream, and I still use it a ton.
posted by brand-gnu at 3:49 PM on August 20, 2015
posted by brand-gnu at 3:49 PM on August 20, 2015
Johnny Wallflower: "Swiftkey is storing your keystrokes in such a way that you can recover your prefs when you get a new device. You can opt out, but jeez this is creepy."
As Tonycpsu mentioned, this is opt-in. It's also explicitly stated ("Sync - Seamlessly get personalized learning across all your devices"), and it's the kind of opt-in which requires you to click a "Log In" button, and then click "Ok" to grant permission to view your profile, and then click "Ok" or "No" to personalize predictions based on sent mail. So it's not the kind of opt-in you can accidentally opt into by checking a setting you don't understand, it's the kind of opt-in that you have to jump through a few hoops to opt into - you really have to want to opt in.
posted by Bugbread at 7:37 PM on August 20, 2015
As Tonycpsu mentioned, this is opt-in. It's also explicitly stated ("Sync - Seamlessly get personalized learning across all your devices"), and it's the kind of opt-in which requires you to click a "Log In" button, and then click "Ok" to grant permission to view your profile, and then click "Ok" or "No" to personalize predictions based on sent mail. So it's not the kind of opt-in you can accidentally opt into by checking a setting you don't understand, it's the kind of opt-in that you have to jump through a few hoops to opt into - you really have to want to opt in.
posted by Bugbread at 7:37 PM on August 20, 2015
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