Tim Peterson says, “Today is June 15, not April 1, which means this is a real thing that’s happening. Twitter is going to let brands target ads based on the emojis that people include in their tweets.

This means that if you tweet, retweet, like or reply to a tweet that includes 💩, you might end up seeing an ad for Charmin. No joke; I hope that happens. And if you’re a brand that wants to do that kind of thing, you can. You just have to buy your Twitter ads through AdParlor, Amobee, HYFN, Perion, SocialCode or 4C. Again, these are real things now happening.

This all sounds ridiculous, but it’s not really (right?). Emojis have become a really popular way for people to communicate, to the point that 😂 was the freaking word of the year in 2015 and people have pasted more than 110 billion emojis into tweets since 2014, according to Twitter.

With all seriousness, being able to target people based on emojis isn’t that different from being able to target people based on keywords. In internet parlance, 😍 and the word “love” are synonyms. There’s even emoji slang, and sometimes emojis can communicate something that’s difficult to put into words, like 🙊”.

Twitter will let brands target ads based on the emojis people use

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