@johnjohnston @philipbrewer I just left a native comment on Philip’s blog with the emoji pair, and (though it’s in moderation, I temporarily see what I submitted) they got stripped there, too.

John, I wonder if emoji in older comments that would have been made when you were running 4.x are missing now, too? That’s probably the beginning of a rabbit hole, so don’t go down it unless you really want to ;-)