# Emojis update

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-update/355624
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** emoji
**Created:** [March 4, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-update/355624 "2025-03-04T10:36:43Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-update/355624/55 "2025-09-07T09:47:18Z")

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> [@MichaIng](#):
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> Do new instances have Twemoji emojis enabled by default?

If this is still the case, it might change in the future, see:

> [@Emojis, would it be prudent for Discourse to Fork Twemoji?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojis-would-it-be-prudent-for-discourse-to-fork-twemoji/272853/5):
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> Moving this to feature @lindsey , at some point we may have to rethink our default emoji set We do not want to be stuck on a set that has stopped evolving Every year Apple champion a few new emojis to great fanfare it is a shame to be perceived as a product that is behind here What other open options are out there? Is there a non fork one that looks great and would be a great default?

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