Emojli

Developer(s)|

* Tom Scott
* Matt Gray

Initial release| iOS: 29 August 2014 (11 years ago) (2014-08-29) – 31 July 2015 (10 years ago) (2015-07-31)

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Android: 30 January 2015 (2015-01-30) – 31 July 2015 (10 years ago) (2015-07-31)
Written in| Backend:

* PHP
* MySQL

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Front end:

* HTML
* CSS
* JavaScript

Operating system|

* iOS
* Android

Website| emoj.li

Emojli is a discontinued social media application for iOS and Android, created by YouTuber and web developer Tom Scott, and YouTuber and broadcast engineer Matt Gray. While it was active, its principal feature was restricting usernames and messages to only contain emoji. When the app launched on 29 August 2014, 70,000 unique emoji-only usernames were reserved.[1][2][3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Development
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

Tom Scott and Matt Gray were inspired to create the app after seeing the success of Yo and the release of new emoji characters by the Unicode Consortium.[4][5] During a talk at Electromagnetic Field Festival, the developers commented that the app originated largely as a joke, but that by the time of launch 70,000 unique usernames had been reserved.[6] The app was launched on 29 August 2014.[2] After press coverage the developers began receiving offers for venture capital.[7]

Due to the cost and effort of maintaining the application, the developers closed the app on 30 July 2015.[7][8]

## Development

The backend of the app was coded by Tom Scott in PHP and MySQL and the frontend was designed and programmed by Matt Gray in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.[6]

The pair remarked that they ran into problems as not all web browsers supported emoji, and mobile operating system support for them varied. All work on the app was done in their spare time and took a little over a month.[9]

The iOS version of the app was released on 29 August 2014.[10] The Android version was released on 30 January 2015.[11]

The app shut down on 30 July 2015 and will "not be resurrected".[7][8]

## See also

* Tsuita – app where users may only use kanji

## References

1. ↑ Tweedie, Steven (29 August 2014). "You Can Now Try Out The Ridiculous Emoji-Only Messaging App, Emojli". http://www.businessinsider.com/emoji-only-social-network-emojli-arrives-2014-8.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sola, Katie (29 August 2014). "Emoji-only App Debuts, Nixes Words for Tiny Pictures". http://mashable.com/2014/08/29/emojli/.
3. ↑ Stampler, Laura (1 July 2014). "New, Totally Inevitable Social Network Will Let Users Communicate Only Via Emoji". Time. https://time.com/2941701/new-totally-inevitable-social-network-will-let-users-communicate-only-via-emoji/. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
4. ↑ Gray, Sarah (2 July 2014). "An emoji-only social network: Ridiculous ... or brilliant?". http://www.salon.com/2014/07/02/an_emoji_only_social_network_ridiculous_or_brilliant/.
5. ↑ Solon, Olivia (30 June 2014). "Emoji-only social network Emojli is the new Yo". Wired UK. https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/30/emoji-network.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Turk, Victoria (1 September 2014). "The Creators of Emojli: 'Don't Build an App'". Vice. https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-emojli-creators-say-you-shouldnt-make-an-app/.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Scott, Tom; Gray, Matt (3 December 2015). The End of Emojli: The Post-Mortem. YouTube. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 @Emojli (10 June 2015). "Emojli is closing on 30th July. For more info and to download your old messages, please visit emoj.li ; thank you and goodbye!". https://twitter.com/Emojli/status/608684312792342528.
9. ↑ Scott, Tom; Gray, Matt (30 August 2014). "Emojli: Behind the Scenes and Why You Should Never Build An App". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsyhGHUEt-k.
10. ↑ @Emojli (29 August 2014). "We are LIVE! "Emojli: the emoji-only messenger" is now live on the Apple App Store! 🆕🙋📲‼️". https://twitter.com/Emojli/status/505369132318359553.
11. ↑ @Emojli (30 January 2015). "Our Android app is available! It should work on most recent devices.". https://twitter.com/Emojli/status/561153837256683521.

## External links

* The end of Emojli

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Emoji

Unicode background|

* Unicode Standard
* Blocks
* Dingbats
* Emoticons
* Miscellaneous Symbols
* Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
* Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
* Transport and Map Symbols
* Character Set
* Consortium
* Regional Indicator Symbol

Related people|

* Jeremy Burge
* Mark Davis
* Michael Everson
* Shigetaka Kurita

Typefaces|

* Apple Color
* Noto
* Quivira
* Segoe UI

Notable emoji|

* Face with Tears of Joy (😂)
* Pile of Poo (💩)

Cultural influence|

* Emogenius
* Emoji domain
* The Emoji Movie
* Emojipedia
* Emojli
* Smile (Doctor Who)
* World Emoji Day

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Defunct|

* App.net
* Avatars United
* Bebo
* Bolt
* Capazoo
* eConozco
* Emojli
* eWorld
* Eyegroove
* FitFinder
* Formspring
* FriendFeed
* Friends Reunited
* Friendster
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* iWiW
* Jaiku
* LunarStorm
* Me2day
* Meerkat
* Mobli
* Mugshot
* Multiply
* Musical.ly
* Natter Social Network
* Netlog
* Orkut
* Pheed
* Piczo
* PlanetAll
* Posterous
* Pownce
* Qaiku
* SixDegrees.com
* So.cl
* Spring.me
* Surfbook
* tbh
* Tribe.net
* Tsū
* tvtag
* Vine
* Windows Live Spaces
* Wretch
* Yahoo! 360°
* Yahoo! Kickstart
* Yahoo! Mash
* Yahoo! Meme
* Yik Yak

Services|

* Software comparison
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* Wall.fm

Tools|

* Social network analysis software
* Diaspora (software)
* Web 2.0 Suicide Machine

Concepts|

* Online identity
* User profile
* Virtual community
* 1+ million users
* Small-world experiment
* Small-world network
* Social network
* Cybersectarianism

Applications|

* Social network advertising
* Social network hosting service
* Online dating service (comparison)
* Mobile

User interface|

* Activity stream
* Brand page
* Like button
* Hashtag
* Groups
* Reblogging
* Polling
* Online petitions

Implications|

* Privacy issues
* User gender difference
* Use in investigations

Protocols|

* ActivityPub
* Distributed Social Networking Protocol (defunct)
* Micropub
* OpenSocial (defunct)
* OStatus
* Pump.io
* XMPP

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