

The process of brainstorming can involve dozens of random sticky notes, digital or otherwise, and a surplus of Google Alerts that are difficult to parse through in crunch time.īut Postlight employees were already sharing different articles daily across our dozens of Slack channels. Constantly coming up with new, relevant stuff is difficult for one person. Our Managing Partner Gina Trapani decided to put this to the service of the marketing department.Īggregating articles for a marketing newsletter or social media feed is a lot of work, as any content marketer knows. It can be a fascinating RSS feed of news, resources and opinions hand-picked by a team organically.
#Emoji slack archive#
Slackmoji for Content Aggregation :TC:īeyond being a communication tool, Slack is also a huge archive of what an office finds interesting. Beyond that, we have created channels to help our team stay organized and streamline several of our processes. We use it to compile all the lolz (which ain’t much, but is honest work).
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The first day on the job can be an unnerving one, learning the local ins and outs of Slack etiquette (will a :thumbsup: suffice as feedback, and is :dancing_burrito: too informal for this thread?) But adopting an emoji standard within Slack is rewarding and time-saving.Īt Postlight, we take our Slack emoji, or Slackmoji, seriously. They’re an important part of making someone feel welcome, gathering casual feedback, and reducing the number of messages sent into the Slack-sphere.Īs Slack has gobbled up email at many workspaces, emoji have become an important lexicon of the work culture therein. Ah, emoji - beloved by surreptitious flirters, introverts, inside jokers, and anyone trying to channel passive aggression without crossing a line.
