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		cluckindan 83 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scream cipher Emojis have a high overhead, a single emoji is typically 4 bytes but may be up to 35 bytes.

foofoo12 83 days ago | [–]

Yikes! Imagine if people were to start sending photos and videos to each other!

fainpul 83 days ago | [–]

Oh, my bad - I wasn't aware that we're doing serious engineering here :p

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