Opera jumps in on NFTs in an unusually embarrassing way: They will now recognize nonstandard domain names based on NFTs sold by a private company. To repeat: A company is selling NFTs of emoji and is [apparently] paying Opera to treat them as domain names https://t.co/1HbxpGTFf2

— mcc (@mcclure111) February 14, 2022

Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses https://t.co/vHwyurgzTu pic.twitter.com/MgUnJLIbbr

— The Verge (@verge) February 14, 2022

Opera takes the URL problem to the next level with ridiculous custom emoji-sequences. What could possibly go wrong? https://t.co/M83rm01CKh

— Daniel ? Stenberg (@bagder) February 14, 2022

I really didn't think that the zombie corpse of Opera could sink any lower than shilling payday loans, but clearly I was wrong. https://t.co/Qe0pgPuJrR

— Justin Schuh (@justinschuh) February 14, 2022

Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses https://t.co/K6nVlwFwUn pic.twitter.com/UBTs9El2JH

— The Verge (@verge) February 15, 2022

"How to release a feature that no one will use", also referred to as "Desperate plea for attention - Please download me".

Seriously though why would anyone want this https://t.co/ykKYpEFIVZ

— ▌│█║▌║▌║ tim ║▌║▌║█│▌ (@tcan1337) February 14, 2022

This should be the only way to enter the Metaverse. ?

"Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses. A company named Yat will sell you a string of emoji as a URL"https://t.co/OU2XhXm5T7

— Subrahmanyam KVJ (@SuB8u) February 15, 2022

Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses https://t.co/boKvOs2uIv // what could go wrong?

— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) February 15, 2022