allow any emoji as a reaction, not just thumbs up

Slack has this: get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/206870317-..

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Angela Sze shared this idea · November 01, 2016 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

partially done ·

AdminAlex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) responded · June 12, 2019

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.

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working on it ·

Suphatra responded · December 17, 2018

We just started testing this feature internally. It looks great!

I’ll let you know as it progresses through the validation rounds.

Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays.

Sincerely,
Suphatra

working on it ·

Warren responded · September 09, 2018

This request is still being worked upon. No new details to share yet.

-Warren

working on it ·

Warren responded · July 30, 2018

This feature request is still in the works. No new details to share, but I’ll keep digging.

-Warren

working on it ·

Warren responded · May 31, 2018

This feature request is now actively being worked upon!

Stay tuned for more updates to come.
-Warren

on the backlog ·

Warren responded · April 19, 2018

This request is still on the backlog. No set timeline yet.

I’ll keep an eye on this one with the feature teams and give an update as soon as I get some more concrete information.

-Warren

on the backlog ·

Warren responded · March 05, 2018

This item is still on the backlog. No new updates at this time.

-Warren

on the backlog ·

Warren responded · February 13, 2018

This item is still on the backlog. Unfortunately I don’t have any new updates to share.

I’ll keep watch and let you know as soon as I get further information.

-Warren

on the backlog ·

Warren responded · January 04, 2018

This item is still on the backlog however, it is now part of the official roadmap.

on the backlog ·

Suphatra responded · October 04, 2017

We had some resource constraints so we’ve had to stop work on this and move it to the backlog. Work should resume in the winter.

working on it ·

Suphatra responded · September 20, 2017

Thanks to you, we’re starting work on this! Thank you so much for this suggestion and we’re super excited to bring it to you in the coming months.

planned ·

Suphatra responded · July 25, 2017

We had to pull resources on this to focus on quality and performance work. This is still on the roadmap but being pushed out a little bit. Will let you know when it’s back to “working on it.”

working on it ·

Suphatra responded · May 25, 2017

Thank you so much for your feedback! We’re actively working on this and we’ll have an update for you soon. Please continue to provide feedback in the thread — we’re listening!

Thank you for being so supportive of Teams. :-)

Sincerely,
Suphatra

needs your feedback ·

Suphatra responded · April 26, 2017

I need your feedback!

Which would you rather have and why:

1. A small selection of the most popular emojis, all work safe.
2. A large selection of all emojis available, for example like as many as Facebook provides.
3. A medium selection that compromises between option 1 and 2.

Add your voice to the thread!

Thanks,
Suphatra

planned ·

Suphatra responded · March 08, 2017

Good news! This is planned. If this makes you happy, tweet me an emoji on Twitter at www.twitter.com/skprufo. The best ones will get retweeted. :-)

Sincerely,
Suphatra
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Doe commented · December 17, 2018 01:21 · Flag as inappropriate

This is a real must have to change from slack. --> Voted!
Anonymous commented · December 14, 2018 11:24 · Flag as inappropriate

Have the ability to respond to comment with emojis other than thumbs up. Slack was WAY better in this area. You really limit individual communication when our only reaction is thumbs up
Anonymous commented · December 11, 2018 07:50 · Flag as inappropriate

Agreed - this is a "must-have".
Angel Navarro commented · December 03, 2018 09:15 · Flag as inappropriate

any news about this?, we still waiting for :/
Szilveszter Szebeni commented · November 16, 2018 06:02 · Flag as inappropriate

If Teams had this feature (and custom emojis) I would be able to push to change from Slack in my organization. Right now the push back would be just too big.
Sean Ellis commented · November 16, 2018 02:27 · Flag as inappropriate

If implemented, the additional reactions available must not take up any more space than the current one.
Norbert Fesenbeckh commented · November 14, 2018 08:23 · Flag as inappropriate

I found duplcate feedback:
>>> allow any emoji as a reaction, not just thumbs up
Norbert Fesenbeckh commented · November 14, 2018 08:22 · Flag as inappropriate

at least:
yes no good bad dontknow great ...
Learn from other social media ;-)
Chase Florell commented · October 29, 2018 07:45 · Flag as inappropriate

I love the plus [ + ] emoji in slack! Great way to add +1 and have it automatically increment the plusses 😁
Anonymous commented · October 29, 2018 02:09 · Flag as inappropriate

+1 chop chop
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
rory commented · September 28, 2018 11:23 · Flag as inappropriate

Like other commenters, we use inline emojis as a sort of "visual language" that helps us communicate much more quickly and cohesively. It might seem like a frivolous feature, but the benefit is better communication and more enjoyable participation by teams. Well-functioning teams throughout human endeavor develop and use an "in-group" vocabulary, for good reason - it improves communication and strengthens inter-group bonds and identity. Any tool that helps this, especially with remote workers, serves and important purpose.
Harvey Scotton - Arm commented · September 27, 2018 11:44 · Flag as inappropriate

We use Slack in our organisation as well and I do quite like this feature. Why I like it: If someone asked for something to be done in a channel I can add the 'eyes' to state I have seen it and working on it. Once it is complete I can add the 'thumbs up' to say complete. Just an example.

I respect Andrews comment, not every organisation might want this so could Microsoft look at making this a feature an IT admin can turn off or on or even better control what emoj's can be used? Appreciate that could well be over engineering it.
Andrew commented · September 11, 2018 06:24 · Flag as inappropriate

Respectfully disagree
Please keep thumbs up as a single-call out, we can always reply with whatever content we want, but it is useful for our organization to have a simple "I've read this" response - which is what we're training our team to use MS Teams for. If you do make a change, please have an added 'reaction' to the thumbs or change the thumbs to a 'check' or something like that.

Also, this would needless complicate the UI layout with reams of faces, I cannot imagine it's worth the engineer's time to do this just to be like Slack.
Ned Lidbury commented · August 28, 2018 17:29 · Flag as inappropriate

This is one of the key things that makes Slack "fun" and encourages people to actively use it. My business unit just migrated from Slack to Teams and we are really missing the emoji reactions. (I know we could post a comment with an emoji, but it feels like overkill and clutters up the thread very quickly. The Slack solution is much nicer.)
Jordoggydoo commented · July 19, 2018 18:45 · Flag as inappropriate

Adding that this is actually a deciding factor between Teams and Slack for my research group lol
Anonymous commented · June 06, 2018 04:25 · Flag as inappropriate

I switched from Slack to Teams and this is the feature that makes me want Slack back
Sean Ellis commented · June 04, 2018 06:34 · Flag as inappropriate

If implemented, this must be an option. WIth an expanded range of emojis, the chances of misinterpreting typed input grows, especially when discussing technical topics which may use characters in "odd" ways that mimic emoji character sequences.
Winter Schatz commented · June 04, 2018 06:13 · Flag as inappropriate

The use of emojis has become ubiquitous at this point. I'd like to request simple keyboard commands, transform typed emojis to common emojis, support of the full list of emojis released by unicode. Additionally, every company culture has something special, and being able to upload and customize emoji posts and as reactions to posts have become common in our online interactions, this is because of Slack.

Please let us know if this will be released, and if it will be released on all platforms. Thanks!
Anonymous commented · May 18, 2018 11:42 · Flag as inappropriate

This would be really helpful, we did this constantly in slack and it didnt disrupt the flow of conversation. Now, all of the emojis are done via reply and are HUGE and take up way too much space.
Anonymous commented · May 16, 2018 11:52 · Flag as inappropriate

Warren let's go bro. this can't be that hard. hire some more engineers or something.