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Slack now forces you to use specific emoji depending on your system of choice. Mac and iOS users will still see Apple’s emoji, which used to be the default for all users. But now Windows, Android, and ...

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Some of us are addicted to favoriting tweets, but Slack had a better idea: what if you could favorite a message with emoji? After users consistently asked for a “like” button in its app, Slack wanted ...

Slack now lets you react to a message with an emoji, any one of the 722. Slack is ingraining emojis even deeper into your work environment whether you like it or not. Users were already able to send ...

The “like” button has become so common on social media today that many click it reflexively to acknowledge a post or comment, even when “like” isn’t quite what they mean. Recognizing that messages can ...

If there’s one factor that explains why people have an emotional bond with group-messaging phenom Slack that’s unusual for an enterprise tool, it’s the service’s polish and playful sensibility. Slack ...

Slack has released emojis into the workplace communication platform, allowing users to express more emotions in what they say. The "like" button has become very common among all forms of social media.