--- --- # New, Totally Inevitable Social Network Will Let Users Communicate Only Via Emoji by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 1, 2014 11:30 AM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jul 1, 2014 11:30 AM UTC It was bound to happen sooner or later. Two British Internet personalities have announced the creation of [Emojli](http://emoj.li), a social network that allows people to only communicate via emojis—the everyman’s language. (Because poop means poop, no matter where you come from.) “Now we know what you’re thinking: This is satire. No one would actually make this thing,” says the calming Emojli video’s over-voice. After all, creators [Matt Gray and Tom Scott are known for their prankster YouTube videos](https://www.youtube.com/user/enyay). But according to the video, “It’s not, and we have.” Emojli creators say it will be up running “very soon”, and the [website](https://www.youtube.com/user/enyay) encourages people to sign up for a unique username now. > [](https://twitter.com/Emojli/status/483685658092113920) In the last decade, long-winded Live Journal rants compressed to slightly less rambling Facebook posts, which condensed to 140 character tweets to smiley faces to emojis depicting salsa dancing girls, eggplants, and a monkey covering his face — depending on your mood. If a concept like Emojli became the next big social network, then maybe people would stop using words altogether (cue [_Twilight Zone_ theme](http://youtu.be/-b5aW08ivHU)). Emojli: Social Network that Uses Emojis Only ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2941701/new-totally-inevitable-social-network-will-let-users-communicate-only-via-emoji/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2941701/new-totally-inevitable-social-network-will-let-users-communicate-only-via-emoji/"},"headline":"New, Totally Inevitable Social Network Will Let Users Communicate Only Via Emoji","datePublished":"2014-07-01T11:30:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:17.182Z","description":"A video promo claims the website will be a socially acceptable place to talk using pictures of salsa dancers, eggplants, or poop… depending on your mood","url":"https://time.com/2941701/new-totally-inevitable-social-network-will-let-users-communicate-only-via-emoji/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Internet","Technology","emoji"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2941701/new-totally-inevitable-social-network-will-let-users-communicate-only-via-emoji/","name":"New, Totally Inevitable Social Network Will Let Users Communicate Only Via Emoji"}}]}] ```