Personal Emoji & GIF Usage Guide
2/1/2022
This is a brief guide to how I use Emoji and GIF and a few contextual notes about what Emoji I use, when I use them and what they mean to me.
Principles
- Unambiguous - use emoji and GIFs that may often have multiple meanings
- Enhancement - only use Emoji as an enhancement to an existing message
Norms
- GIF - I generally choose Adventure Time, Bluey or Muppets / non-human cartoon gifs
When I use Emoji
- reacting to a message in Slack or Discord
- enhancing an existing message for Twitter
- responding to a text where reactions are limited but words aren't necessary
How I Use Emoji
My most used public messaging Emoji:
- đ - when I'm excited about something that's happening (shipping software or forward movement in work/side projects)
- ⨠- when I'm in awe of something someone has done or grateful for something that's happened/happening
- đą - when someone (including myself) has a moment of self reflection or personal growth
My most used private (Slack/Messages) Emoji:
- â - I have done something about this
- đ - I am looking into this (also, acknowledgement that I've seen something)
- đĻē - I believe this is safe to try
My most used Emoji for Pull Request (code) reviews:
- âšī¸ - I am giving you context for this change
- â / â - I am asking an exploratory question based on my experience
- đ - I'm requesting this be changed
- âŧī¸ - I believe this could be problematic, can we discuss
Other Emoji I use:
- đ - when I'm excited about something personal
- đ - when I've had a good moment with a peer
- đ - when someone has noticed a moment of personal growth for me
Emoji I try to avoid:
- most people faces and hand symbols
- đĨ - ambiguous