'That winking bunny goes a long way'

New Yorkers Alex Goldmark and Liza Stark sent each other only symbols and pictures to see if it 'altered their emotional vocabulary' in an experiment for New Tech City.They discovered that emojis are better for conveying affection and positive feelings, but are (unsurprisingly) lacking when it comes to making plans and discussing logistics.Before the experiment, Mr Goldmark (who's a senior producer at New Tech City) and Ms Stark downloaded all the emoji apps they could find. The one they relied on most was WeChat, a popular Chinese text messaging service. The pair assigned themselves icons that represented 'I' or 'me.' For Mr Goldmark it was a boy wearing a baseball cap ('It's a helmet,' argues Ms Stark) and for Ms Stark it was a girl with brown hair.'It works best when you can be literal with the icons and treat them like they are Chinese characters,' Mr Goldmark said in the interview. 'Each one means a word or a sound that could add up to a word. Like toilet plus paper equals toilet paper.'Still, the couple had difficulties communicating basic plans. In one case, Ms Stark was meeting a friend for drinks and found out the friend had just had a death in the family. She tried to tell Mr Goldmark not to come (since it should be a girls night), but he interpreted her message as meaning she was sad he wasn't there.(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az