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I really hate it when there's that one coworker that insists on /giphy-ing everything in slack. Usually its a clueless manager who thinks cute little pictures w

I really hate it when there's that one coworker that insists on /giphy-ing everything in slack. Usually its a clueless manager who thinks cute little pictures will inspire team morale, but all the results are always random and oftentimes tone-deaf or, in some cases, straight up NSFW. It's very annoying, thank god I can turn off gif display automatically.

kinkrtyavimoodh 10y ago
Why can't it just be "someone who finds it cute / fun". Why does it always have to be some cynical "MBA who thinks it will inspire team morale"
- yolesaber 10y ago
  Because in my anecdotal experience it's always been the overeager manager. I also qualified that statement with "usually", ergo it's not the absolute "always" condition you specify in your unnecessary reply. Either way I find it mad annoying. Emoji reactions are perfectly fine and non-intrusive ways of non-verbally communicating in a slack or IRC environment. GIFs suck. They are possibly one of the worst image formats out there.
  - dev360 10y ago
    > GIFs suck. They are possibly one of the worst image formats out there. Halo effect?
  - type0 10y ago
    I think they mostly serve so called "fake" gifs i.e. video in a loop
- chris_7 10y ago
  Work communications are not a place for fun. They are a place for productivity and focus. If your company's work is not fun by itself (interesting problems, no bs, etc.), that's a problem! Fix that, don't gloss over it with distractions (that thrash people's CPUs).
  - ng12 10y ago
    That sounds miserable. Have you never worked with people whose company you enjoy? It's really a motivating experience.
    - yolesaber 10y ago
      It's hardly miserable. I mean, I get along with my coworkers just fine in a professional way, but I'm not exactly buddy buddy crushing code sharing gifs like it seems like most startups want you to be. I don't go to work to make friends.
    - chris_7 10y ago
      Just do it in the break room/kitchen, not in the workspace, which should be treated with the same respect as a library (if you provide private offices with doors that close, feel free to disregard). Group chat rooms that aren't #random (which I have /part-ed) are an extension of that workplace, and deserve the same respect. My current workplace offers neither. People shout what I'll describe as "verbal memes" to no one in particular. There is music blaring (dubstep currently), over which I have no control without risking social ostracization. Group chat is used poorly (what do you an all-day all-hands meeting with no agenda?).
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      - pavel_lishin 10y ago
        That sounds awful. We have work-related chats, which are 95% serious with the occasional joke - same as we'd make at our desks - and we have offtopic and specific-topic rooms (literally, #offtopic and #videogames and #music, etc.)
      - bartread 10y ago
        When I read your first post I thought you were just being uptight, but that does sound completely terrible. I find background music can help or hinder depending on what I'm trying to do but it needs to be under my control. Out of consideration for others that means headphones. And I hate open plan offices - don't even get me started. Place I'm working at the moment is awful for noise and overcrowding. Funny thing is I find it hard to work in a completely silent environment unless I'm on my own - if the atmosphere is crypt-like with other people around I find it quite oppressive.
spyspy 10y ago
I have a very strict "only in private chats with coworkers I know well" rule for /giphy. The gifs are often wildly inappropriate.
sssilver 10y ago
We call that the "Giphy Russian Roulette"
- paulddraper 10y ago
  And it's surprising how many people pay. Me? I just insert the URL of the image I actually want.
pavel_lishin 10y ago
I flat out refuse to have a giphy trigger in any chat-thing that I administer, and I argue strongly and vehemently against it in any that I'm a member of. My arguments are often backed up by the fact that 90% of the /giphy results are unrelated garbage. So far, four out of five slacks no longer have giphy integration, and my work Hipchat rooms (on- and off-topic) don't have it either. The other slack rarely uses it, because of the 90%-garbage rule, so I'm content to not harp on it too much. Stand up against giphy garbage.

kinkrtyavimoodh 10y ago

Why can't it just be "someone who finds it cute / fun". Why does it always have to be some cynical "MBA who thinks it will inspire team morale"

yolesaber 10y ago
Because in my anecdotal experience it's always been the overeager manager. I also qualified that statement with "usually", ergo it's not the absolute "always" condition you specify in your unnecessary reply. Either way I find it mad annoying. Emoji reactions are perfectly fine and non-intrusive ways of non-verbally communicating in a slack or IRC environment. GIFs suck. They are possibly one of the worst image formats out there.
- dev360 10y ago
  > GIFs suck. They are possibly one of the worst image formats out there. Halo effect?
- type0 10y ago
  I think they mostly serve so called "fake" gifs i.e. video in a loop
chris_7 10y ago
Work communications are not a place for fun. They are a place for productivity and focus. If your company's work is not fun by itself (interesting problems, no bs, etc.), that's a problem! Fix that, don't gloss over it with distractions (that thrash people's CPUs).
- ng12 10y ago
  That sounds miserable. Have you never worked with people whose company you enjoy? It's really a motivating experience.
  - yolesaber 10y ago
    It's hardly miserable. I mean, I get along with my coworkers just fine in a professional way, but I'm not exactly buddy buddy crushing code sharing gifs like it seems like most startups want you to be. I don't go to work to make friends.
  - chris_7 10y ago
    Just do it in the break room/kitchen, not in the workspace, which should be treated with the same respect as a library (if you provide private offices with doors that close, feel free to disregard). Group chat rooms that aren't #random (which I have /part-ed) are an extension of that workplace, and deserve the same respect. My current workplace offers neither. People shout what I'll describe as "verbal memes" to no one in particular. There is music blaring (dubstep currently), over which I have no control without risking social ostracization. Group chat is used poorly (what do you an all-day all-hands meeting with no agenda?).
    - deleted 10y ago
      [deleted]
    - pavel_lishin 10y ago
      That sounds awful. We have work-related chats, which are 95% serious with the occasional joke - same as we'd make at our desks - and we have offtopic and specific-topic rooms (literally, #offtopic and #videogames and #music, etc.)
    - bartread 10y ago
      When I read your first post I thought you were just being uptight, but that does sound completely terrible. I find background music can help or hinder depending on what I'm trying to do but it needs to be under my control. Out of consideration for others that means headphones. And I hate open plan offices - don't even get me started. Place I'm working at the moment is awful for noise and overcrowding. Funny thing is I find it hard to work in a completely silent environment unless I'm on my own - if the atmosphere is crypt-like with other people around I find it quite oppressive.

spyspy 10y ago

I have a very strict "only in private chats with coworkers I know well" rule for /giphy. The gifs are often wildly inappropriate.

sssilver 10y ago

We call that the "Giphy Russian Roulette"

paulddraper 10y ago
And it's surprising how many people pay. Me? I just insert the URL of the image I actually want.

pavel_lishin 10y ago

I flat out refuse to have a giphy trigger in any chat-thing that I administer, and I argue strongly and vehemently against it in any that I'm a member of. My arguments are often backed up by the fact that 90% of the /giphy results are unrelated garbage. So far, four out of five slacks no longer have giphy integration, and my work Hipchat rooms (on- and off-topic) don't have it either. The other slack rarely uses it, because of the 90%-garbage rule, so I'm content to not harp on it too much. Stand up against giphy garbage.