So I guess we're still saying that it depends on whether the emoji was sent by phone or computer?
From a computer it sends a basic emoji, which the site then translates into a emoji figure like this

Tapatalk sends it as a code and it translates it into a picture emoji for some reason like this

I typed both those manually and it read it differently.
[ emoji2 ] - picture
: ) - emoji figure
Minus the spaces I put in so it wouldnt change