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I agree that they are unprofessional. As far as I can determine, some people feel that they make a project or community seem more inclusive or welcoming - goals
by DC-3 8y ago
I agree that they are unprofessional. As far as I can determine, some people feel that they make a project or community seem more inclusive or welcoming - goals which I definitely consider worthwhile. But I don't personally feel that they are helpful in this persuit. Who are you trying to be inclusive of, seven year olds?
- vertex-four 8y agoOutside of your friend group, most of us have been using smileys and emoticons in day-to-day chat for years - the presence of rich emoticons used to set messenger platforms aside from each other - and emojis are simply the latest generation of that. They’re primarily useful for providing some emotional context to some text - and whether displaying emotion is professional or not is really down to personal preference.
- wool_gather 8y agoMaybe I'm just a robot, but by and large I don't believe that log or commit messages require emotional context. (I do use emoji for some messaging, Slack specifically.)