I would kind of geek out if you wrote articles on Nostr about why this or that emoji failed. There are some cute ones and they were denied.
Discussion
The ‘Emoji Standard & Research Working Group’ receives the submissions, and there is a guideline they use. But noted, will look to write a little more on it. I know that there was a petition to submit Bitcoin as an emoji this year, but cannot find it in the submissions. Will look into it. 🙂