Is there any reason this workspace doesn t allow us to add c

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Is there any reason this workspace doesn t allow us to add custom emojis I think it d help unleash a little the good emotions and thoughts of this community based on my experience on another Slack that is less crowded but more active I often myself wanting to show my reaction to something but the standard emojis don t fit and a message would be too much drowns the rest of the discussion If letting any member here feels risky because of how many people are registered maybe it d be possible to allow only a few active members to add emojis with some guidelines so all the emojis are safe for work though such a policy can be set and apply even if anyone can add custom emojis

gildor · Answer

Wouldn t be easier to suggest emoji in this channel so admins could add them I think it happened already a few times

gildor · Answer

I m not against allowing to add custom emoji just not sure that allow add anyone custom emoji is good it may be abused but having some sort of set of privileged active users is good way to manage it

louiscad · Answer

The fact that we have to ask it for every single emoji adds a lot of friction because we don t want to waste JetBrains time with a request for every single emoji we think would be cool to have

gildor · Answer

I think it s not a big deal honestly

gildor · Answer

Manage active users requires more work sweat smile

louiscad · Answer

Yes I was thinking that it could be a sort of spam vector if no rules are in place that s why I suggested to add guidelines or allow select users to populate the emojis so we can have more `fun`

gildor · Answer

Unfortunately slack doesn t have moderator permission only admins

louiscad · Answer

Re spam vectors messages are still a way bigger vector than emojis so I don t think it d be that much abused if at all plus admins owners of a Slack Workspace can remove emojis added by other members

louiscad · Answer

Don t you want to add emojis with me Andrey smile

gildor · Answer

sweat smile

gildor · Answer

Yeah maybe it s not a big deal about allowing to add custom emojis to everyone I think in general we don t have much problems with spam and even off topics I m looking on you < C0B8M7BUY|android> channel

Shawn · Answer

personally speaking I don t think it s a huge spam vector just a surface to subtly add things inappropriate for the workspace

Shawn · Answer

it d potentially be a lot more moderation work

Zac Sweers · Answer

I mean channels like < C0B8M7BUY|android> exist so if spam vectors were a concern there s lower hanging fruit

Zac Sweers · Answer

emojis are pretty innocuous most of the time in basically every public slack I ve been in Moderation here seems pretty hands off and just reactive to issues raised to them I don t imagine it would change anyone s workload

louiscad · Answer

< hhariri> So can we have custom emojis here please

hhariri · Answer

< Zac Sweers> Are you saying we should be like StackOverflow moderators slightly smiling face

hhariri · Answer

< louiscad> i don t mind enabling custom emojis What I do want to make sure that doesn t happen is people using inappropriate emojis This could be covered by CoC but if folks see them to call them out so we can take action

hhariri · Answer

< louiscad> In order to enable custom emojis I will have to file a request internally This will then be raised to three departments one of which is legal The approximate wait time is around 1 5 3 months

hhariri · Answer

I m just kidding It s enabled

louiscad · Answer

Hurray thank you Hadi BTW I think you already know each custom emojis keeps the username of who added it this should help address any violation of the CoC slightly smiling face

Zac Sweers · Answer

I once made a question and answered it myself on stackoverflow to create a tag and like 300 people came in to shame or downvote me Imagine if we could utilize that level of moderation energy for actual useful things