 I'm paraphrasing. That's basically the idea. Now, the response to this objection is that an emoji is shorthand. It's just a way of quickly making your emotions or your tone clear to somebody without having to write an essay. But economy of words, being able to convey tone and emotion quickly and efficiently, is also an important skill and one that the emoji prevents us from developing. And besides, as the controversy documented in the post clearly shows, the emoji creates tonal confusion of its own.