Lee: Kim Kardashian's Kimoji Are Image Stickers, Not Real Emojis
Jenny Lee · a16z Podcast | Not all Network Effects Are Created Equal · Jan 2, 2019 · at 43:28
Jenny Lee clarifies the technical distinction between system-level Unicode emojis and proprietary sticker applications like Kimoji.
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“So stickers, I mean, so Kim Moji, for example, Kim Kardashian's quote emoji, they're not actually emoji. Those are just stickers or images that you can text back and forth.”
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