For all of those of you using emojis in your business emails, we’ve got some bad news. Read on.
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First, I was 😞 which turned into 😠and ultimately 👿
In news that has already ruined my week, emojis in business communications make you look stupid.
This is according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel in the seminal study on the topic entitled The Dark Side of a Smiley: Effects of Smiling Emoticons on Virtual First Impressions.
Article authors Ella Glikson, Arik Cheshin, and Gerben A. van Kleef have found that the use of emojis “actually decrease perceptions of competence.”
