diff --git a/src/Content/Smilies.php b/src/Content/Smilies.php
index 760bfbce9e..1aeab5b804 100644
--- a/src/Content/Smilies.php
+++ b/src/Content/Smilies.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace Friendica\Content;
 
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ class Smilies
 	 */
 	public static function getList(): array
 	{
-		$texts =  [
+		$texts = [
 			'<3',
 			'</3',
 			'<\\3',
@@ -153,34 +154,129 @@ class Smilies
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Finds all used smilies (like :heart: or :p) in the provided text.
+	 * Normalizes smiley shortcodes into texts with no special symbols.
 	 *
-	 * @param string $text that might contain smilie usages (denoted by a starting colon)
-	 * @param bool   $extract_url whether to further extract image urls
-	 * @return array with smilie codes (colon included) as the keys, the smilie images as values
+	 * @return array
+	 *    'texts' => smilie shortcut
+	 *    'icons' => icon url or an empty string
+	 *    'norms' => normalized shortcut
 	 */
-	public static function extractUsedSmilies(string $text, bool $extract_url = false): array
+	public static function getNormalizedList(): array
+	{
+		$smilies = self::getList();
+		$norms = [];
+		$icons = $smilies['icons'];
+		foreach ($smilies['texts'] as $i => $shortcode) {
+			// Extract urls
+			$icon = $icons[$i];
+			if (preg_match('/src="(.+?)"/', $icon, $match)) {
+				$icon = $match[1];
+			} else {
+				$icon = '';
+			}
+			$icons[$i] = $icon;
+
+			// Normalize name
+			$norm = preg_replace('/[\s\-:#~]/', '', $shortcode);
+			if (ctype_alnum($norm)) {
+				$norms[] = $norm;
+			} elseif (preg_match('#/smiley-(\w+)\.gif#', $icon, $match)) {
+				$norms[] = $match[1];
+			} else {
+				$norms[] = 'smiley' . $i;
+			}
+		}
+		$smilies['norms'] = $norms;
+		return $smilies;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Finds all used smilies (denoted by quoting colons like :heart:) in the provided text and normalizes their usages.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $text that might contain smiley usages
+	 * @return array with smilie codes (colon included) as the keys, their image urls as values;
+	 *               the normalized string is put under the '' (empty string) key
+	 */
+	public static function extractUsedSmilies(string $text): array
 	{
 		$emojis = [];
 
-		$smilies = self::getList();
-		$icons = $smilies['icons'];
-		foreach ($smilies['texts'] as $i => $name) {
-			if (strstr($text, $name)) {
-				$image = $icons[$i];
-				if ($extract_url) {
-					if (preg_match('/src="(.+?)"/', $image, $match)) {
-						$image = $match[1];
-					} else {
-						continue;
-					}
+		$emojis[''] = BBCode::performWithEscapedTags($text, ['code'], function ($text) use (&$emojis) {
+			return BBCode::performWithEscapedTags($text, ['noparse', 'nobb', 'pre'], function ($text) use (&$emojis) {
+				if (strpos($text, '[nosmile]') !== false || self::noSmilies()) {
+					return $text;
 				}
-				$emojis[$name] = $image;
-			}
-		}
+				$smilies = self::getNormalizedList();
+				$normalized = array_combine($smilies['texts'], $smilies['norms']);
+				return self::performForEachWordMatch(
+					array_combine($smilies['texts'], $smilies['icons']),
+					$text,
+					function (string $name, string $image) use($normalized, &$emojis) {
+						$name = $normalized[$name];
+						if (preg_match('/src="(.+?)"/', $image, $match)) {
+							$image = $match[1];
+							$emojis[$name] = $image;
+						}
+						return ':' . $name . ':';
+					},
+				);
+			});
+		});
+
 		return $emojis;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Similar to strtr but matches only whole words and replaces texts with $callback.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $words
+	 * @param string $subject
+	 * @param callable $callback ($offset, $value)
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	private static function performForEachWordMatch(array $words, string $subject, callable $callback): string
+	{
+		$offset = 0;
+		$result = '';
+		$processed = 0;
+		// Learned from PHP's strtr implementation
+		// Should probably improve performance once JIT-compiled
+		$length_bitset = 0;
+		$ord_bitset = 0;
+		foreach ($words as $word => $_) {
+			$length = strlen($word);
+			if ($length <= 31) {
+				$length_bitset |= 1 << $length;
+			}
+			$ord = ord($word);
+			$ord_bitset |= 1 << ($ord & 31);
+		}
+
+		while ($offset < strlen($subject) && preg_match('/\s+?(?=\S|$)/', $subject, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, $offset)) {
+			[$whitespaces, $next] = $matches[0];
+			$word = substr($subject, $offset, $next - $offset);
+
+			$shift = strlen($word);
+			$ord = ord($word);
+			if (($shift > 31 || ($length_bitset & (1 << $shift)))
+				&& ($ord_bitset & (1 << ($ord & 31)))
+				&& array_key_exists($word, $words)) {
+				$result .= substr($subject, $processed, $offset - $processed);
+				$result .= call_user_func($callback, $word, $words[$word]);
+				$processed = $offset + strlen($word);
+			}
+			$offset = $next + strlen($whitespaces);
+		}
+		$word = substr($subject, $offset);
+		if (array_key_exists($word, $words)) {
+			$result .= substr($subject, $processed, $offset - $processed);
+			$result .= call_user_func($callback, $word, $words[$word]);
+		} else {
+			$result .= substr($subject, $processed);
+		}
+		return $result;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Copied from http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php#88569
 	 * Modified for camel caps: renamed stro_replace -> strOrigReplace
@@ -198,7 +294,13 @@ class Smilies
 	 */
 	private static function strOrigReplace(array $search, array $replace, string $subject): string
 	{
-		return strtr($subject, array_combine($search, $replace));
+		return self::performForEachWordMatch(
+			array_combine($search, $replace),
+			$subject,
+			function (string $_, string $value) {
+				return $value;
+			}
+		);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -227,6 +329,12 @@ class Smilies
 		return $s;
 	}
 
+	private static function noSmilies(): bool {
+		return (intval(DI::config()->get('system', 'no_smilies')) ||
+				(DI::userSession()->getLocalUserId() &&
+				 intval(DI::pConfig()->get(DI::userSession()->getLocalUserId(), 'system', 'no_smilies'))));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Replaces emoji shortcodes in a string from a structured array of searches and replaces.
 	 *
@@ -240,9 +348,7 @@ class Smilies
 	 */
 	public static function replaceFromArray(string $text, array $smilies, bool $no_images = false): string
 	{
-		if (intval(DI::config()->get('system', 'no_smilies'))
-			|| (DI::userSession()->getLocalUserId() && intval(DI::pConfig()->get(DI::userSession()->getLocalUserId(), 'system', 'no_smilies')))
-		) {
+		if (self::noSmilies()) {
 			return $text;
 		}
 
@@ -261,7 +367,7 @@ class Smilies
 			$smilies = $cleaned;
 		}
 
-		$text = preg_replace_callback('/&lt;(3+)/', [self::class, 'heartReplaceCallback'], $text);
+		$text = preg_replace_callback('/\B&lt;3+?\b/', [self::class, 'heartReplaceCallback'], $text);
 		$text = self::strOrigReplace($smilies['texts'], $smilies['icons'], $text);
 
 		$text = preg_replace_callback('/<(code)>(.*?)<\/code>/ism', [self::class, 'decode'], $text);
@@ -302,16 +408,7 @@ class Smilies
 	 */
 	private static function heartReplaceCallback(array $matches): string
 	{
-		if (strlen($matches[1]) == 1) {
-			return $matches[0];
-		}
-
-		$t = '';
-		for ($cnt = 0; $cnt < strlen($matches[1]); $cnt ++) {
-			$t .= '❤';
-		}
-
-		return str_replace($matches[0], $t, $matches[0]);
+		return str_repeat('❤', strlen($matches[0]) - 4);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Emoji.php b/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Emoji.php
index 712bddb48d..0a2440426c 100644
--- a/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Emoji.php
+++ b/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Emoji.php
@@ -34,28 +34,18 @@ class Emoji extends BaseFactory
 	/**
 	 * Creates an emoji collection from shortcode => image mappings.
 	 *
-	 * Only emojis with shortcodes of the form of ':shortcode:' are passed in the collection.
-	 *
 	 * @param array $smilies
-	 * @param bool  $extract_url
 	 *
 	 * @return Emojis
 	 */
-	public function createCollectionFromArray(array $smilies, bool $extract_url = true): Emojis
+	public function createCollectionFromArray(array $smilies): Emojis
 	{
 		$prototype = null;
 
 		$emojis = [];
 
 		foreach ($smilies as $shortcode => $url) {
-			if (substr($shortcode, 0, 1) == ':' && substr($shortcode, -1) == ':') {
-				if ($extract_url) {
-					if (preg_match('/src="(.+?)"/', $url, $matches)) {
-						$url = $matches[1];
-					} else {
-						continue;
-					}
-				}
+			if ($shortcode !== '' && $url !== '') {
 				$shortcode = trim($shortcode, ':');
 
 				if ($prototype === null) {
@@ -71,12 +61,20 @@ class Emoji extends BaseFactory
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param array $smilies
+	 * @param array $smilies as is returned by Smilies::getList()
 	 *
 	 * @return Emojis
 	 */
 	public function createCollectionFromSmilies(array $smilies): Emojis
 	{
-		return self::createCollectionFromArray(array_combine($smilies['texts'], $smilies['icons']));
+		$emojis = [];
+		$icons = $smilies['icons'];
+		foreach ($smilies['texts'] as $i => $name) {
+			$url = $icons[$i];
+			if (preg_match('/src="(.+?)"/', $url, $matches)) {
+				$emojis[$name] = $matches[1];
+			}
+		}
+		return self::createCollectionFromArray($emojis);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Status.php b/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Status.php
index fb73432f03..6d45b4d9fe 100644
--- a/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Status.php
+++ b/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/Status.php
@@ -290,11 +290,18 @@ class Status extends BaseFactory
 
 		$emojis = null;
 		if (DI::baseUrl()->isLocalUrl($item['uri'])) {
-			$used_smilies = Smilies::extractUsedSmilies($item['body'] ?: $item['raw-body']);
+			$used_smilies = Smilies::extractUsedSmilies($item['raw-body'] ?: $item['body']);
+			// $used_smilies contains normalized texts
+			if ($item['raw-body']) {
+				$item['raw-body'] = $used_smilies[''];
+			} elseif ($item['body']) {
+				$item['body'] = $used_smilies[''];
+			}
+			unset($used_smilies['']);
 			$emojis = $this->mstdnEmojiFactory->createCollectionFromArray($used_smilies)->getArrayCopy(true);
 		} else {
 			if (preg_match_all("(\[emoji=(.*?)](.*?)\[/emoji])ism", $item['body'] ?: $item['raw-body'], $matches)) {
-				$emojis = $this->mstdnEmojiFactory->createCollectionFromArray(array_combine($matches[2], $matches[1]), false)->getArrayCopy(true);
+				$emojis = $this->mstdnEmojiFactory->createCollectionFromArray(array_combine($matches[2], $matches[1]))->getArrayCopy(true);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
index 130aa3ab08..56724e22d2 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ class Transmitter
 		$tags = Tag::getByURIId($uri_id, [Tag::TO, Tag::CC, Tag::BCC, Tag::AUDIENCE]);
 		if (empty($tags)) {
 			Logger::debug('No receivers found', ['uri-id' => $uri_id]);
-			$post = Post::selectFirst([Item::DELIVER_FIELDLIST], ['uri-id' => $uri_id, 'origin' => true]);
+			$post = Post::selectFirst(Item::DELIVER_FIELDLIST, ['uri-id' => $uri_id, 'origin' => true]);
 			if (!empty($post)) {
 				ActivityPub\Transmitter::storeReceiversForItem($post);
 				$tags = Tag::getByURIId($uri_id, [Tag::TO, Tag::CC, Tag::BCC, Tag::AUDIENCE]);
@@ -1512,10 +1512,14 @@ class Transmitter
 	 *
 	 * @param array $tags Tag array
 	 * @param string $text Text containing tags like :tag:
+	 * @return string normalized text
 	 */
 	private static function addEmojiTags(array &$tags, string $text)
 	{
-		foreach (Smilies::extractUsedSmilies($text, true) as $name => $url) {
+		$emojis = Smilies::extractUsedSmilies($text);
+		$normalized = $emojis[''];
+		unset($emojis['']);
+		foreach ($emojis as $name => $url) {
 			$tags[] = [
 				'type' => 'Emoji',
 				'name' => $name,
@@ -1525,6 +1529,7 @@ class Transmitter
 				],
 			];
 		}
+		return $normalized;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1559,8 +1564,6 @@ class Transmitter
 			}
 		}
 
-		self::addEmojiTags($tags, $item['body']);
-
 		$announce = self::getAnnounceArray($item);
 		// Mention the original author upon commented reshares
 		if (!empty($announce['comment'])) {
@@ -1808,10 +1811,11 @@ class Transmitter
 		$item = Post\Media::addHTMLAttachmentToItem($item);
 
 		$body = $item['body'];
-
+		$emojis = [];
 		if ($type == 'Note') {
 			$body = $item['raw-body'] ?? self::removePictures($body);
 		}
+		$body = self::addEmojiTags($emojis, $body);
 
 		/**
 		 * @todo Improve the automated summary
@@ -1893,7 +1897,7 @@ class Transmitter
 		}
 
 		$data['attachment'] = self::createAttachmentList($item);
-		$data['tag'] = self::createTagList($item, $data['quoteUrl'] ?? '');
+		$data['tag'] = array_merge(self::createTagList($item, $data['quoteUrl'] ?? ''), $emojis);
 
 		if (empty($data['location']) && (!empty($item['coord']) || !empty($item['location']))) {
 			$data['location'] = self::createLocation($item);
diff --git a/tests/datasets/api.fixture.php b/tests/datasets/api.fixture.php
index f5b16f9c6e..876827d748 100644
--- a/tests/datasets/api.fixture.php
+++ b/tests/datasets/api.fixture.php
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ return [
 			'uri'  => 'http://localhost/profile/mutualcontact',
 			'guid' => '46',
 		],
+		[
+			'id'   => 100,
+			'uri'  => 'https://friendica.local/posts/100',
+			'guid' => '100',
+		],
 	],
 	'contact' => [
 		[
@@ -363,6 +368,12 @@ return [
 						'et sed beatae nihil ullam temporibus corporis ratione blanditiis',
 			'plink'  => 'http://localhost/display/6',
 		],
+		[
+			'uri-id' => 100,
+			'title'  => 'item_title',
+			'body'   => ':like ~friendica no [code]:dislike[/code] :-p :-[',
+			'plink'  => 'https://friendica.local/post/100',
+		],
 	],
 	'post' => [
 		[
@@ -744,6 +755,28 @@ return [
 			'deleted'       => 0,
 			'wall'          => 0,
 		],
+		// An emoji post
+		[
+			'id'            => 14,
+			'uri-id'        => 100,
+			'visible'       => 1,
+			'contact-id'    => 44,
+			'author-id'     => 44,
+			'owner-id'      => 42,
+			'causer-id'     => 44,
+			'uid'           => 0,
+			'vid'           => 8,
+			'unseen'        => 0,
+			'parent-uri-id' => 7,
+			'thr-parent-id' => 7,
+			'private'       => Item::PUBLIC,
+			'global'        => true,
+			'gravity'       => Item::GRAVITY_PARENT,
+			'network'       => Protocol::DFRN,
+			'origin'        => 0,
+			'deleted'       => 0,
+			'wall'          => 0,
+		],
 	],
 	'post-thread' => [
 		[
diff --git a/tests/src/Content/SmiliesTest.php b/tests/src/Content/SmiliesTest.php
index 38eb743e85..67ba313fe6 100644
--- a/tests/src/Content/SmiliesTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Content/SmiliesTest.php
@@ -143,4 +143,107 @@ class SmiliesTest extends FixtureTest
 	{
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, Smilies::isEmojiPost($body));
 	}
+
+
+	public function dataReplace(): array
+	{
+		return [
+			'simple-1' => [
+				'expected' => 'alt=":-p"',
+				'body' => ':-p',
+			],
+			'simple-1' => [
+				'expected' => 'alt=":-p"',
+				'body' => ' :-p ',
+			],
+			'word-boundary-1' => [
+				'expected' => ':-pppp',
+				'body' => ':-pppp',
+			],
+			'word-boundary-2' => [
+				'expected' => '~friendicaca',
+				'body' => '~friendicaca',
+			],
+			'symbol-boundary-1' => [
+				'expected' => '(:-p)',
+				'body' => '(:-p)',
+			],
+			'hearts-1' => [
+				'expected' => '❤ (❤) ❤',
+				'body' => '&lt;3 (&lt;3) &lt;3',
+			],
+			'hearts-8' => [
+				'expected' => '(❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤)',
+				'body' => '(&lt;33333333)',
+			],
+			'no-hearts-1' => [
+				'expected' => '(&lt;30)',
+				'body' => '(&lt;30)',
+			],
+			'no-hearts-2' => [
+				'expected' => '(3&lt;33)',
+				'body' => '(3&lt;33)',
+			],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataReplace
+	 *
+	 * @param string $expected
+	 * @param string $body
+	 */
+	public function testReplace(string $expected, string $body)
+	{
+		$result = Smilies::replace($body);
+		$this->assertStringContainsString($expected, $result);
+	}
+
+	public function dataExtractUsedSmilies(): array
+	{
+		return [
+			'single-smiley' => [
+				'expected' => ['like'],
+				'body' => ':like',
+				'normalized' => ':like:',
+			],
+			'multiple-smilies' => [
+				'expected' => ['like', 'dislike'],
+				'body' => ':like :dislike',
+				'normalized' => ':like: :dislike:',
+			],
+			'nosmile' => [
+				'expected' => [],
+				'body' => '[nosmile] :like :like',
+				'normalized' => '[nosmile] :like :like'
+			],
+			'in-code' => [
+				'expected' => [],
+				'body' => '[code]:like :like :like[/code]',
+				'normalized' => '[code]:like :like :like[/code]'
+			],
+			'~friendica' => [
+				'expected' => ['friendica'],
+				'body' => '~friendica',
+				'normalized' => ':friendica:'
+			],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataExtractUsedSmilies
+	 *
+	 * @param array  $expected
+	 * @param string $body
+	 * @param stirng $normalized
+	 */
+	public function testExtractUsedSmilies(array $expected, string $body, string $normalized)
+	{
+		$extracted = Smilies::extractUsedSmilies($body);
+		$this->assertEquals($normalized, $extracted['']);
+		foreach ($expected as $shortcode) {
+			$this->assertArrayHasKey($shortcode, $extracted);
+		}
+		$this->assertEquals(count($expected), count($extracted) - 1);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/EmojiTest.php b/tests/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/EmojiTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da67ea1639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/EmojiTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2023, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Factory\Api\Mastodon;
+
+use Friendica\Content\Smilies;
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Test\FixtureTest;
+
+class EmojiTest extends FixtureTest
+{
+	protected function setUp(): void
+	{
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'no_smilies', false);
+	}
+
+	public function testBuiltInCollection()
+	{
+		$emoji      = DI::mstdnEmoji();
+		$collection = $emoji->createCollectionFromSmilies(Smilies::getList())->getArrayCopy(true);
+		foreach ($collection as $item) {
+			$this->assertTrue(preg_match('(/images/.*)', $item['url']) === 1, $item['url']);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/StatusTest.php b/tests/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/StatusTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7593d9a32b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Factory/Api/Mastodon/StatusTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2023, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Factory\Api\Mastodon;
+
+use Friendica\Model\Post;
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Test\FixtureTest;
+
+class StatusTest extends FixtureTest
+{
+	protected $status;
+
+	protected function setUp(): void
+	{
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'no_smilies', false);
+		$this->status = DI::mstdnStatus();
+	}
+
+	public function testSimpleStatus()
+	{
+		$post = Post::selectFirst([], ['id' => 13]);
+		$this->assertNotNull($post);
+		$result = $this->status->createFromUriId($post['uri-id']);
+		$this->assertNotNull($result);
+	}
+
+	public function testSimpleEmojiStatus()
+	{
+		$post = Post::selectFirst([], ['id' => 14]);
+		$this->assertNotNull($post);
+		$result = $this->status->createFromUriId($post['uri-id'])->toArray();
+		$this->assertEquals(':like: :friendica: no <code>:dislike</code> :p: :embarrassed:', $result['content']);
+		$emojis = array_fill_keys(['like', 'friendica', 'p', 'embarrassed'], true);
+		$this->assertEquals(count($emojis), count($result['emojis']));
+		foreach ($result['emojis'] as $emoji) {
+			$this->assertTrue(array_key_exists($emoji['shortcode'], $emojis));
+			$this->assertEquals(0, strpos($emoji['url'], 'http'));
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/TransmitterTest.php b/tests/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/TransmitterTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7a94bc598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/TransmitterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2023, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Test\src\Protocol\ActivityPub;
+
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Post;
+use Friendica\Protocol\ActivityPub\Transmitter;
+use Friendica\Test\FixtureTest;
+
+class TransmitterTest extends FixtureTest
+{
+	protected function setUp(): void
+	{
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		DI::config()->set('system', 'no_smilies', false);
+	}
+
+	public function testEmojiPost()
+	{
+		$post = Post::selectFirst([], ['id' => 14]);
+		$this->assertNotNull($post);
+		$note = Transmitter::createNote($post);
+		$this->assertNotNull($note);
+
+		$this->assertEquals(':like: :friendica: no <code>:dislike</code> :p: :embarrassed:', $note['content']);
+		$emojis = array_fill_keys(['like', 'friendica', 'p', 'embarrassed'], true);
+		$this->assertEquals(count($emojis), count($note['tag']));
+		foreach ($note['tag'] as $emoji) {
+			$this->assertTrue(array_key_exists($emoji['name'], $emojis));
+			$this->assertEquals('Emoji', $emoji['type']);
+		}
+	}
+}