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I don't use a lot of emojis privately but I especially do not use them in a professional environment. I think one of the reasons being that I dislike the aesthe
by chki 4y ago
I don't use a lot of emojis privately but I especially do not use them in a professional environment. I think one of the reasons being that I dislike the aesthetics, which plays into another reason, which is that they "feel" unprofessional. (Although there is probably nothing inherently unprofessional to them, it's basically just a novel way of communicating).
The blog post mentions increased interpretability and adaptability but I think making emojis more professional and aesthetically pleasing "in a professional setting" might be a big step as well.
- ravi-delia 4y agoI don't know what's weirder, the idea of classy black and white emojis somehow being more professional, or the fact that I 100% agree. Seems sort of strange, but apparently color is a major factor in what I consider to be "professional".
- bschwindHN 4y ago"Professional X" is just you getting paid to work on X instead of X being a hobby or pastime for you. "Professional" doesn't mean you have to be serious 100% of the time, let's lighten up!
- saila 4y agoIt seems to me that emojis are pretty much required in many professional environments nowadays. E.g., if you don't tack an emoji reaction onto enough Slack messages you won't be seen as an enthusiastic participant, which could have negative consequences.
- CyanDeparture 4y agoTo play devil's advocate (?), I use them all the time at work, I could argue that it makes me more efficient. Easier to react with a thumb emoji and grinning emoji than than saying "thank you very much for that". However if I argue that it's not strictly true, I use them because they're quick yes, but I also thin they're fun too. Edit - In the (?) I put a goblin and clipboard emoji to represent 'devil's advocate' but it got stripped out, if you were wondering what that was.
- sph 4y agoI have no problems with emoji in messaging, work or personal. Of course they need to be context appropriate, I don't want :kiss-face: from my boss. Emojis in source code and program output, eh, not my style but it's harmless. I've read of a project here that _requires_ emoji tags in the commits, instead of using "chore", "bugfix", etc. — that's a little too much for my taste.
- petepete 4y agoI dislike the chore/bugfix style too. In the title I just want to know what's changed, then perhaps why in the description.
- daptaq 4y ago> Emojis in source code and program output, eh, not my style but it's harmless. Only they do not indicate anything critical. Not everyone has emoji-capable fonts installed.
- 0xcoffee 4y agoI used to place emojies in our critical failure message box. Basically I have a list of 'bug' emojies, and would randomly select one to display in the message box. Ideally no-one except developers ever saw this box, but gave myself a laugh at least whenever our app crashed in a bad way.