Tom Scott

Why Do Flag Emoji Count As Two Characters?

S4 • E66    Jun 23, 2014    3m
If you've tried to tweet a national flag emoji lately -- I can't imagine why -- you'll have noticed that you can only fit 70 of them into a tweet. The reason why is buried in a bit of technical specification, and shows how your phone can lie to you.

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