Facebook Messenger Launches Its 1,500 New Emojis Promoting Diversity and #GirlPower

"We're diversifying the genders to create a more balanced mix that's more representative of our world."

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Say hello to the new Facebook Messenger emojis!

[Messenger] (https://www.facebook.com/messenger/?fref=photo) has just upgraded their 1,500 emojis promoting equality!

"We're diversifying the genders to create a more balanced mix that's more representative of our world. Now, using Messenger emojis, you'll see a female police officer, runner, pedestrian, surfer and swimmer for the very first time, and we'll keep rolling these out," said Messenger on their [page] (https://www.facebook.com/messenger/posts/963338513785829).

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"The new designs, gender-agnostic options and multi-colored emojis will be available on many Android devices and web products for the first time," added Messenger.

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When you run out of words, using emojis makes any conversation fun and easier to express!

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We are guessing that this transformation started when people got fed up whenever emojis transform to different looks according to the device they're using.

Now that Facebook has fixed this issue, "no matter what emoji you pick, it will now look the same regardless if the recipient is on Android, iOS or another platform," said Messenger.

However, Messenger users have different opinions about this change:

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