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Emails don't need to work like text messages. Why are reactions even a thing for them?
I like the idea - I don't want to send you an email back, here's a thumbs up to show I've received it.
I hate the execution because I get an email telling me you reacted to my email.
depends on the client; in outlook you just get an alert saying someone reacted.
Reactions like this work in closed ecosystems (Whatsapp / Facebook) where everyone is on the same client or via open standards that is baked into the spec of the protocol. E-Mail has neither of these, which is why it's so egregious that a whole email is being sent with 4-16 bytes of actual content itself.
Internet Standards.
The things MS tried to extend-and-extinguish the Web when it was just barely born. Remember campaigns "best in any browser" ?
We almost didn't have an open Internet.
Fuck you specifically, MicroSoft
our secretary uses a meme to end her daily attendance email, so I give her a laughing face when its a good one. She started it on an email I made a joke in. So I just recipicate it. I also like the thumbs up on emails that are FYI type things
What is a daily attendance email?
"Hi, Im in attendance today! 🍆"
same reason there is a poop emoji in a "professional" messaging app… MS is idiotic and out of ideas
Yeah, you won't see the poop emoji in Linux or LibreOffice! 🤦🏻♂️
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Coming from a neurodivergent: fuck Microsoft for doing this. It does not go along well with how email should work, makes it confusing for several reasons and shits over a lot of expectations.
According to their history, this is the extend part.
Seamonkey does this by default, took me ages to work out what the fuck this "J" people kept leaving on emails was
This how I learn that reactions to e-mail are a thing now? I'm not sure what to even think.
The real stupid thing here is that a header has to be added to disable reactions. Why didn't Microsoft just use a header to enable them? I mean make it opt in instead of opt out. Then they can use that header in all their Outlook shit and everyone else can go on with their day not worrying about it. So stupid, but not sure what I expected from Microsoft.
If you make a 'feature' opt-in, 3 people will use it, so the person who added it would have to work much harder to justify their paycheck. If you make everyone use your 'feature' by default, you can say 'look how many people use the feature I added,' while actually pointing at the number of people who didn't turn off the feature according to the ~~spyware~~ metrics.
I fucking guarantee you that Microsofts reasoning for this feature is to again force people to use their shit software.
Oh, don't want those spam mails? Yeaaaahhh, you need to switch to outlook for that.
Or, you know, just block domains that use Microsoft email
Or, you know, just block domains that use Microsoft email
I'm guessing you probably don't realize how many organizations host their email with Microsoft.
My work uses outlook and I still get a whole fuckin email saying "Dipshit has reacted 👍" and it's extremely irritating. I'll need to remember to turn off reactions on Monday.
I have a coworker that responds to everything with emojis. Teams messages. Emails. Everything. Even if it’s not relevant to him or directed at him. He always does it. I want to hit him with a chair.
I need a shirt that says "dipshit has reacted 👍"
this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2025
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