<p><img title="WhatsApp emojis" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/oct/14whatsapp-emojis.jpg" alt="WhatsApp emojis" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>Pic courtesy/Twitter</strong></em></span></p>
<p>Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp introduced a new set of enlarged emojis for its userbase on Android and iOS. The move has met with criticism with many taking to Twitter to express their frustation.</p>
<p>Users have mainly complained on the cartoonish nature of the emojis. Here are a few reactions from Twitter that give a basic understanding of their displeasure...</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ew whatsapp emoji &eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&brvbar;</p>
&mdash; leexin (@bbvip0324) <a href="https://twitter.com/bbvip0324/status/786852731004686336">October 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">y some whatsapp emoji look so awk now</p>
&mdash; Clarence (@wowclarence) <a href="https://twitter.com/wowclarence/status/786866949246496768">October 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Updated to the new version of whatsapp. The thumbs up emoji looks like it's a fractured finger.</p>
&mdash; Mukesh Kini (@mukeshkini) <a href="https://twitter.com/mukeshkini/status/786747553668698113">October 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHATSAPP CHANGED IT'S EMOJI'S AND THEY ARE SO UGLY IMMA CRY IM SO MAD WHY&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&shy;</p>
&mdash; ash. (@RaisedDust) <a href="https://twitter.com/RaisedDust/status/786312308305883136">October 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The gun emoji is now a water pistol on WhatsApp but still a gun on android so it's all terribly confusing &eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0099&Acirc;u00c2u0084&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0094&laquo;&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0092&brvbar;</p>
&mdash; Matt Rogers (@MattNotCaroline) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattNotCaroline/status/786271325807665156">October 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whatsapp new emoji update&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&sup3;&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&copy;&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082 WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO MY CUTE CUTE EMOJIS&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&shy;&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&shy;&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&shy;&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&shy;&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&shy;&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&shy; <a href="https://twitter.com/JANK_EE">@JANK_EE</a> ask <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChattieJackie?src=hash">#ChattieJackie</a> to give her views on this too&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u009c&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u009c <a href="https://t.co/WNULIEDOL7">pic.twitter.com/WNULIEDOL7</a></p>
&mdash; Sidra Shoaib (@SidraaaShoaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/SidraaaShoaib/status/786266033602592770">October 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">PLS Dun update ur WhatsApp or else u get a fking waii new emoji&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082</p>
&mdash; &auml;&sup1;&plusmn;&auml;&frac14;&brvbar;&aring;&reg;&para;&ccedil;&Acirc;u00c2u009a&Acirc;u00c2u0084&egrave;&Acirc;u00c2u0080&Acirc;u00c2u0081&aring;&Acirc;u00c2u0085&not;&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;u00c2u0082 (@Thing_Gaylous) <a href="https://twitter.com/Thing_Gaylous/status/786116214015791104">October 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Whatsapp recently added new camera features which will allow <a href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/whatsapp-camera-features-front-facing-selfie-snapchat-doodling-technology-apps/17663176" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">users to write and draw on photos and videos as well as add emojis to them</span></a>.</p>

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<p>Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp introduced a new set of enlarged emojis for its userbase on Android and iOS. The move has met with criticism with many taking to Twitter to express their frustation</p>

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