allow any emoji as a reaction, not just thumbs up
Slack has this: get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/206870317-..
Angela Sze
shared this idea
Adding any emoji as a reaction remains under review.
I am marking this as partially done to let you know a new reactions bar with Like, Heart, Laugh, Surprised, Sad, and Angry has begun rolling out to all users.
322 comments
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Winnie Mui
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Please include "thumbs down" emoji as priority. That way, we can answer yes/no questions with "thumbs down" as well
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Anonymous
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another vote here.
Need to have possibility to use any of existing smiles to make reaction on the messages. If project managers can not invent smth new, just take a look at the slack implementation. Very handy.
and even better, if would be possible to add reaction on the message through the API as well (in case if this feature https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/19199878-allow-to-post-a-reply-to-a-conversation-via-rest is finally implemented).
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Michael Staszewski
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Another vote here! Slack allows for custom emojis, but maybe that's a bit much? At the very least a full emoji set along the lines of Slack would be ideal, thanks.
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Anonymous
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It would greatly improve usability to add {InProgress,Done,UserSignedoff} to allow us use a teams channel as a request queue. The fact there are so few emojis and we cannot add our own is very limiting.
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Wissam Hobeika
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Having any emoji as a reaction will affect our productivity and communication past over any language barrier and culture. Really important to have it open to any reaction similar to slack.
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EricW
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As a Teams Admin migrating a few thousands developers into teams this was brought up again. I know there are a lot of priorities but this seems fairly low hanging fruit. Ether do all emojis or at least expand significantly. This isn't the kind of feature I want my developers complaining they dont have. Last update Alex was over a year ago, time to give us an update please.
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Anonymous
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Also would like a +1 emoji. Thumbs up to agree with someone or 2nd their opinion feels weird.
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[Deleted User]
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Why on earth is this being prioritised when core fucntionality is 'on the backlog'. Get your priorities straight.
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Anonymous
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I wish an "eye" emoji as a reaction that it is read. Everything isn't always "thumbs up"
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Alan
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Not needed. I use a screen reader and emoji require me to re-read and translate the emoji to a "yes" or "no".
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SAM
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@Alex Can you also considering one emoji for Done expression. As the teams collaborate they don't need to type anything ... someone ask something .. We can directly use the Done expression that's the task completed as this is mostly used between Teams at work
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Karynn
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6 emojis is not sufficient. Please open it up like Slack. Thanks!
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Andrew Hitz
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Really need a shrug emoji!
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Dave R
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Emojis do not represent diversity of employees.
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MarkB
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Also Approve, Caution, STOP.
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MarkB
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Curious, Skeptical, Disapprove, Insightful, Celebrate ... emoji that work for LinkedIn should already have been included in Teams.
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Ed
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I really want the "thinking" emoji and "rofl" please.
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Anonymous
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We need a thumbs down emoji please
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Stephanie Hudson
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Something that clearly represents "thank you" is required. Neither a thumbs up or a heart feels appropriate. Been using the thumbs up.
Same for "happy" without laughing. Again, been using the thumbs up.
I'm not sure why the full list of emojis in Skype for Business isn't available by clicking the ... at least. The "top six" used by the logged in user should be the default ones that show up on hover.
I've always loved the whatsgoingon emoji in Skype for Business.
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Anonymous
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I miss a 'thank you' emoji like you have on the mobile phones.