Re:Why the Emoji Was Inevitable (2017)
by goatinaboat on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @04:16AM
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Slack 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.
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Re:Why the Emoji Was Inevitable (2017)
by dragonwriter on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @04:20AM
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> 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.