I did think about this a few years ago and opted for 👍. I feel a little weird when I see the white reacts used by others. This is not so much of a problem anymore but Slack/etc used to not stack the reacts, so if everyone was thumbs-upping you'd have a bunch of different ones instead of just one count and it made voting with 👍👎 more difficult. If nonwhite comrades tell me they prefer the white ones I'll switch but I suspect nobody gives a shit.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 years ago

I'm white, but I'm also fairly confident no one gives a shit. The Simpsons colored one isn't to be "raceless." It's just the default. It's for anyone (not just white people) who don't care to broadcast their race to people or just can't be bothered changing it. This article is a solution looking for a problem.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Asian here. If a white guy came to me and gave me some 20 minute analysis on why white emojis are racist so that’s why he doesn’t use them, I will assume he’s a trust fund neoliberal and advocates for genocide in third world countries. I am not kidding. Take that as you will

[–] macerated_baby_presidents@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That would be excessive, but everything we do sends a message so it's reasonable to consider how the message might be interpreted. What do you think when you see a yellow emoji without a 20 minute unprompted analysis?

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think “great, this person uses emojis so now I have to as well or else they’ll think I’m abnormal.”

[–] Ufot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

👍 thanks good to know

[–] Blep@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When i used slack for work it like automatically collected the different skin tones together

[–] macerated_baby_presidents@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yeah it does that now but didn't when they first released the skin color emoji. They added grouping in 2021