According to Merriam-Webster, the black heart emoji is used similarly to the red heart emoji in social media posts and texts.Except, with the black heart, the meaning of love or affection is less ...

Note: On most phones, this emoji shows up as red or dark red. When to use: Any time you would use the regular red heart (on some phones, it’s hard to even tell the difference between the two).

"[The red heart emoji] gives me a deep ick now. I refuse to use it anymore. I like the blue hearts or black hearts, but not together because that feels too 'blue line' adjacent," said a TikTok user.

Adam references the 100 emoji while explaining the so-called “80/20 rule,” an often-cited statistic within incel forums that claims 80% of women are attracted to only 20% of men.