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> GitHub introduced emoji pngs throughout their application, and pull requests are much better for it. Campfire supports emoji, and your professional interactions are much better for it.

I think I disagree. I'm trying to think of a situation in which a pull request or a campfire chat with emoji has ever made my life better, and I just can't.

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Agreed, the use of emoji or the occasional ";D" is a measure of how informal the communication is, and isn't something that'll help improve the professional tone interacting with a client. I personally don't think it has much place in business communication at all, but that's just my personal preference.

If you can't communicate successfully without emoji, then you have a large communication problem that is likely not being solved by their addition.

edit: for clarity.

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