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Jul 2023
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“👍🏻” — This Emoji Costs $82,000

TOD MAFFIN
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Twitter traffic keeps declining, while Meta’s challenger hits 100 million users. Why almost half of shoppers unsubscribe from your brand emails. Google’s Universal Analytics is still collecting data. And the court case over whether an emoji can indicate acceptance of a contract.

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