I have to do a topic modeling based on pieces of texts containing emojis with R. Using the replace_emoji() and replace_emoticon functions let me analyze them, but there is a problem with the results.
A red heart emoji is translated as "red heart ufef". These words are then treated separately during the analysis and compromise the results.
Terms like "heart" can have a very different meaning as can be seen with "red heart ufef" and "broken heart"
The function replace_emoji_identifier() …