Minimalism is "subtract until it breaks" and this is reaching the breaking point.
Of course, we all hate popovers, slow websites etc, we've known this for decades.
This website has no identity other than an emoji and the fact that it's purposefully lacking design beyond basic text styling. It looks like 1000 other sites, at a glance I can't tell what this website or article are about.
And there are still elements I want to get rid of! "Toast me" button, "Like and subscribe!," the ad for the CMS, analytics script etc.
Assuming you mean the little running guy composed of unicode characters (and the bear face in the link at the bottom), the actual term is kaomoji. Emoji are specifically little images.
Of course, we all hate popovers, slow websites etc, we've known this for decades.
This website has no identity other than an emoji and the fact that it's purposefully lacking design beyond basic text styling. It looks like 1000 other sites, at a glance I can't tell what this website or article are about.
And there are still elements I want to get rid of! "Toast me" button, "Like and subscribe!," the ad for the CMS, analytics script etc.