P C Gamer's staff recently had an intense debate about whether a solitary thumbs up emoji was passive aggressive or not.
Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what someone means in a message. And when you throw emoji into the mix, things get even more complicated. A " " or " ️" are easy to understand ...
Soon after WIRED's global editorial director started in 2023, she sent me a message on Slack. By accident, I hearted it. A message from my very serious, very new boss. It haunts me to this day.