An Explanation of Why Flag Emoji Count as Two Characters on Twitter
London-based tinkerer Tom Scott explains why any given flag emoji counts as two characters on services like Twitter. In short, it all goes back to the way the Unicode Standard represents emoji.
via Quartz
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