Shaking Head
Overall Score: 9
Lauren’s Ranking:
Usability: 3, Design: 2, Novelty: 2
I want to love Shaking Face, I really do. But my main qualm here is I’m not sure if this emoji is experiencing a profound, sense-of-self-splitting level of psychological distress or simply shaking its head “no.” Is it dissociating or emphatically disagreeing? Either way, I feel like the options are already out there across that emotional spectrum. There’s melting face, spiral eyes guy, and that big ‘ol red ‘X’ to choose from.
Kevin’s Ranking:
Usability: 4, Design: 4, Novelty: 3
The shaking head emoji is ominous. Are they confused? Afraid? Distressed? It’s not clear, which is problematic. It’s giving very much “Confused Mr. Krabs” meme energy, but Mr. Krabs conveyed the confusion of the human condition much better. I also think that maybe this is an emoji attempt to recreate the magic of the melting face, or the teary eyed face, or the star eyes face, except it leaves me feeling less seen and more off-put
