In the last week of April 2015, Instagram added support for using emoji characters in hashtags. Shortly after that, the 🍆-hashtag was banned. Apparently, there was more to the eggplant than tomato, cheese, and recipes… Let’s see what the data tells us about emoji hashtags today! — In the last article I looked at the unexpected usage of filters. This time I’ve looked at the quite special usage of emoji hashtags on Instagram. Not only is it a way to tag a post with emotion, some of them act as something resembling a portal to a secret…