Eric Goldman ☑ (he/him) on Nostr: Traditionally, Docomo's 1999 set is characterized as the first emoji set. However, in ...

Traditionally, Docomo's 1999 set is characterized as the first emoji set. However, in an excellent piece of technology forensics, emoji sets now date back at least 10 years earlier https://blog.emojipedia.org/new-earliest-emoji-sets-from-1988-and-1990-uncovered/