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24 alternatives to Custom Emoji Reactions for Hacker News

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Custom Emoji Reactions for Hacker News launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Real Emoji▲56

   Bringing life to emoticons!

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   twem❤ji▲80

   Open source emojis from Twitter

   2014 · twitter.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Riffsy GIF Keyboard▲180

   Sometimes emojis just don’t cut it.

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Swooper▲126

   News with emojis 😂

   2016 · swooper.com · its alternatives →

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   EMOJI.RODEO▲80

   Slack's reactions on your site

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Display a bell emoji on HN comments you haven't read yet▲107

   Add a bell emoji to unread comments on HackerNews. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

   2021 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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   Qwerky▲81

   An iOS keyboard that speeds up emoji typing

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Preach!▲101

   Inserts a 👏 emoji after all the words in text

   2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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   GiemTori▲90

   No words. Just emojis.

   2015 · its alternatives →

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    Emogify▲123

    Create GIFs with emojis

    2015 · emogify.com · its alternatives →

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    Emojinary▲96

    Play pictionary with emoji, right in Slack

    2015 · emojinary.releasable.io · its alternatives →

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    Emojili▲152

    The emoji-only network (pre-launch)

    2014 · emoj.li · its alternatives →

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    Noice▲109

    Emoji Your Friends Can Hear (😃 + 🔊)

    2014 · noice.me · its alternatives →

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    Behave!▲93

    Converts toxic comments on social media into harmless emojis

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Memoji Keyboard▲109

    Send animated emojis of yourself

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Heymoji▲110

    Slack reactions for any website

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Silicon Feelings▲62

    Real time display of Emoji being tweeted across Earth

    2014 · silicons.co · its alternatives →

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    I built a Hacker News userscript to make this site more legible▲102

    My personal itch to scratch just recently has been the umpteen formatting foibles of HackerNews. So, in the spirit of making the web more personal again, I knocked up a TamperMonkey userscript to fix up the worst of my personal bugbears. This isn't an attempt at a complete rebrand/redesign of the site, instead it's just fixing up what I think are the biggest design/readability issues whilst trying to remain true to the site's existing aesthetic. Key features: * Base font size increased * A little more room around headings * Top menu bar is full-width and with a little more padding…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Paste▲77

    Super fast emoji search

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Shuggie▲76

    Animate emoji over your pictures

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Emojion Journal▲74

    A fun, private way to be mindful of thoughts and emotions

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Hello Tech Pros: Do Emojis and Animated Gifs Help or Hinder Business Communication?▲56

    Edward Fry on communication styles

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

23. 23SE
    Shrug Emoji site for lazy people▲8

    2022 · shrug.day · its alternatives →

24. 24EF
    Emoji Feedback Widget▲9

    2018 · emojion.io · its alternatives →

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