pineapple
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๐
pineapple is a common symbol meaning "welcome" and can also be sent in emoji form as a means of saying โhello,โ โwelcome,โ or โalohaโ.
Mastodon
Just after the beginning of the wider spread adoption of Mastodon, user @acw began posting pineapple emoji on the site and gave it the connotation of the following additional meanings as delineated in 2017-04-09 : What I wish I knew before joining Mastodon (archived):
- Sending ๐ to new people as a form of โhello,โ โwelcome,โ โalohaโ
- ๐ is the emoji shorthand for boost, a Mastodon specific name for repost
- ๐ing is also a form of Internet slang for when your Mastodon follower count surpasses your Twitter follower count.