A wemoji is an animated emoji icon that's inclusive of all skin tones. Instead of needing 6 separate emojis (i.e., โ โ๐ป โ๐ผ โ๐ฝ โ๐พ โ๐ฟ), now you just need one. Designed to be used on websites, mobile apps, slide decks, or as Slack custom emojis.
About Wemoji on Product Hunt
โAnimated emojis for all skin tones ๐ฏโ
Wemoji launched on Product Hunt on September 17th, 2018 and earned 93 upvotes and 8 comments, placing #17 on the daily leaderboard. A wemoji is an animated emoji icon that's inclusive of all skin tones. Instead of needing 6 separate emojis (i.e., โ โ๐ป โ๐ผ โ๐ฝ โ๐พ โ๐ฟ), now you just need one. Designed to be used on websites, mobile apps, slide decks, or as Slack custom emojis.
On the analytics side, Wemoji competes within Web App, Design Tools, Emoji, Messaging, Icons, Developer Tools and Tech โ topics that collectively have 1.6M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Wemoji performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Wemoji?
Wemoji was hunted by brendan sudol. A โhunterโ on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform โ uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Wemoji including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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