I don't use emoji's on WhatsApp very often. But recently, as I was texting using WhatsApp web, I inserted in an emoji and just as I was about to send it, I decided to select everything (ctrl + A) and cut it (ctrl + X). Later during the conversation, I decided to paste what I had selected and I observed that the emoji that I added was coming up just as it was. I was curious to know if WhatsApp uses a rich text editor, but it doesn't. Aparently, the emoji that I was using is a standalone Unicode character. I did a quick printing on Chrome developer console to verify that and Google search to know more about it. "😝" is the emoji that I used to use very frequently. Infact, back in the day when I was using the initial versions of Facebook chat, I used to press on ":P" after almost every message. After entering the WhatsApp days, I changed my habit as the shortcut no longer works. Now that I discovered the emoji is a Unicode character, I have decided to have ...
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