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Emojis and emoticons in any serious piece of communication are simply unprofessional and insincere. Do not use them, unless your intent is actually to piss your
by Dalewyn 3y ago
Emojis and emoticons in any serious piece of communication are simply unprofessional and insincere. Do not use them, unless your intent is actually to piss your recipient off.
Textbook example is the recent fiasco over at Linus Tech Tips, where they even used an emoji in an email to Billet Labs saying they "accidentally" auctioned off Billet's stuff. Anyone worth their paycheck doesn't use emojis in business communiques.
- strken 3y agoIf your communication is straightforwardly positive you can use as many emoji as you want without much in the way of consequences. Sticking :tada: in a Slack announcement of good quarterly performance, or even an official blog post, is unlikely to upset anyone in the same way "You're fired! :fire:" would.
- sethammons 3y ago> "You're fired! :fire:" I snorted at that; thank you
- calderwoodra 3y agoWhat's your opinion of slack? Seems to be the gold standard of team communication platforms (all other platforms follow their lead) and emojis are an integral part of it.
- Dalewyn 3y agoIf it's just water cooler conversations, yeah whatever. If it's actual business communications, no emojis. What matters isn't the medium, it's the context concerning the communication.
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