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I actually don't have a problem with this, but I do have a problem with press releases that are sprayed with emojis. It's incredibly unprofessional and gives a

I actually don't have a problem with this, but I do have a problem with press releases that are sprayed with emojis. It's incredibly unprofessional and gives a real amateur flavor to the whole thing, which for security software is really offputting.

bootloop 5y ago
Looks like a forum post to me not a press release?
- LeoPanthera 5y ago
  It's obviously more than that, with titled paragraphs and embedded images, this is a prepared statement pasted into a forum.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
    That's been their M.O. for years. I get their emails, and they are similar.
cpuguy83 5y ago
Maybe ask yourself "Why?". It is a much more fun, not suit and tie kind of announcement. This is also a consumer product, not enterprise.
- netmare 5y ago
  It's too much fun for me too. Blushing faces and clapping hands look like kindergarden drawings, not consumer-oriented at all. I guess some people are more serious than others. :-*
HomeDeLaPot 5y ago
To be pedantic, it looks like it's actually an official reply on a community forum, not a press release. Also, thinking that the use of emoji reflects the software quality is a mistake in our current culture.
- systemvoltage 5y ago
  Sure it does. It does in the same way if you would use purple bold text in script font. The point is that it’s completely unnecessary. Imagine emojis in IETF RFCs. No thanks.
lwhi 5y ago
It's not a problem. They have an established reputation.
vmception 5y ago
I love normalizing emoji use. Its actually harmonizing the depictions because they can be wildly different across platforms, and until that occurs its part of an ongoing gag where its funny to imagine how messed up they render on someone's phone. Like, imagine its only Gen X that complains about this, and they are the equally out of touch blackberry user whose device renders all the emojis in some messed up but hilarious way, then its a great way to make fun of them without saying anything and just keep bombarding them with an incommunicable internet, while the rest of us dont mind and some of us are also in on the joke.
_dot__dot_ 5y ago
Another problem with emojis is that it is not clear what it means to different people. Recently read in the WSJ that young people find smiley faces passive-aggressive or patronizing, not friendly or positive. Admittedly, there is a similar problem with words, but there are at least dictionaries for them. :>

bootloop 5y ago

Looks like a forum post to me not a press release?

LeoPanthera 5y ago
It's obviously more than that, with titled paragraphs and embedded images, this is a prepared statement pasted into a forum.
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
  That's been their M.O. for years. I get their emails, and they are similar.

cpuguy83 5y ago

Maybe ask yourself "Why?". It is a much more fun, not suit and tie kind of announcement. This is also a consumer product, not enterprise.

netmare 5y ago
It's too much fun for me too. Blushing faces and clapping hands look like kindergarden drawings, not consumer-oriented at all. I guess some people are more serious than others. :-*

HomeDeLaPot 5y ago

To be pedantic, it looks like it's actually an official reply on a community forum, not a press release. Also, thinking that the use of emoji reflects the software quality is a mistake in our current culture.

systemvoltage 5y ago
Sure it does. It does in the same way if you would use purple bold text in script font. The point is that it’s completely unnecessary. Imagine emojis in IETF RFCs. No thanks.

lwhi 5y ago

It's not a problem. They have an established reputation.

vmception 5y ago

I love normalizing emoji use. Its actually harmonizing the depictions because they can be wildly different across platforms, and until that occurs its part of an ongoing gag where its funny to imagine how messed up they render on someone's phone. Like, imagine its only Gen X that complains about this, and they are the equally out of touch blackberry user whose device renders all the emojis in some messed up but hilarious way, then its a great way to make fun of them without saying anything and just keep bombarding them with an incommunicable internet, while the rest of us dont mind and some of us are also in on the joke.

_dot__dot_ 5y ago

Another problem with emojis is that it is not clear what it means to different people. Recently read in the WSJ that young people find smiley faces passive-aggressive or patronizing, not friendly or positive. Admittedly, there is a similar problem with words, but there are at least dictionaries for them. :>