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How exactly are differently coloured emojis political or prejudiced?
by WilliamEdward 7y ago
How exactly are differently coloured emojis political or prejudiced?
- goatinaboat 7y agoSlack wants to know my “skin tone”. Why does that matter in a technical discussion? Would it matter in a real meeting or an interview even? It’s only there because some people want to make it matter. I just use the default yellow.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Slack wants to know my “skin tone”. Why does that matter in a technical discussion? Slack isn't just for technical discussions. > Would it matter in a real meeting or an interview even? Almost certainly, yes, whether or not it should. > It’s only there because some people want to make it matter. More accurately, it's only there because it does, in fact, matter to some people. But that's true of every way of expressing any difference of meaning in any communication medium.