the purple heart surprised Broni and his research team the most. “It was the third most used heart emoji on Twitter in our 2020 study, and it was all because it’s the heart that the BTS fandom ...

Once reserved for romantic partners and other loved ones, the heart emoji can now mean anything—which means it has no meaning ...

“The purple heart emoji usually reflects a less romantically-charged alternative … the blue serves a similar purpose but can also imply a feeling of sadness, or feeling ‘blue’.” The ...