# Why is there a discourse emoji for the middle finger emoji?

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**Created:** [24 Abril, 2016 16:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-discourse-emoji-for-the-middle-finger-emoji/43130 "2016-04-24T16:31:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [24 Abril, 2016 16:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-discourse-emoji-for-the-middle-finger-emoji/43130/2 "2016-04-24T16:50:37Z")

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You know that emoji is chosen by a committee right?

> **[UTS #51: Unicode Emoji](http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/index.html#Selection_Factors)**
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> For a list of frequently asked questions on emoji, see the Unicode Emoji FAQ.

Discourse just makes the existing emojis available.

TL;DR:

Fr the same reason that it’s avaliable on Google Hangouts, Facebook Whatsapp and everywhere else.

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