Black Pushpin refers to a proposed or discussed emoji-style symbol concept connected to the broader Unicode era when many office, map, and desktop pictographs were being reviewed for possible emoji use. Unlike the familiar red Pushpin emoji, 📌, the black pushpin concept did not become a widely approved, standard color emoji on major platforms, and it is best understood as a lost or non-RGI emoji idea rather than a mainstream emoji character. It would have represented pinning, marking, saving, bookmarking, attaching a note, or emphasizing a fixed point in a conversation. People may have wanted it as a darker, more neutral alternative to the red pushpin, especially for maps, reminders, bulletin boards, task lists, and minimalist interface symbols.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was one of the "suggested emojis" the Unicode group unveiled in June 2014 [article], however, it has been, and still is, up to the companies who support emoji in their operating systems to provide not only images but also an algorithm to replace the emoji code into the emoji image.
