2h agoFormer X staff engineer Yacine says Twitter laid off its entire Emoji Engineering teamKA2 top authorsThe cuts signal a complete halt to platform emoji development.Original postKAkache@yacineMTBEveryone on Twitter's Emoji Engineering team had been laid off very recently It suggests Twitter completely stops investing in this area... damn5:29 AM · Jun 5, 2026SentimentSentimentPos28.6%Neg71.4%Many users dismissed Twitter's emoji engineering team layoffs as justified since emojis are unnecessary or harmful to language, while a few saw the role as enjoyable or valued the specific emojis provided.7 comments with sentiment. View comments.1 more postANAndrew Curran@AndrewCurran_·2hReply@yacineMTB No one remembers your gun emoji lore.View on
