I couldn't disagree more. I hate giphy integrations, and I disable them in any room I have any control in.
It becomes abused far too easily, and the results are so rarely relevant. "/giphy high five" will return a gif of someone high-fiving 30% of the time, and will return nonsense garbage the rest of the time, prompting people to try, try again, flooding the room with animated images of celebrities, minions, or whatever other garbage someone has uploaded and tagged poorly.
And that's not counting the one jackass who just gets bored and starts flooding the room with random gifs. (That happens much more rarely in work-dedicated channels, but it makes off-topic rooms a chore.)
> "/giphy high five" will return a gif of someone high-fiving 30% of the time, and will return nonsense garbage the rest of the time
Try https://rightgif.com/. Although it's one of those products that make you think tech startups have finally jumped the shark, it works surprisingly well.
This is the heart of the issue. If you are in a room that you don't like being in, then leave the room.
Communicating with other humans is difficult. If your team can't come to an understanding about how you have fun together, then you have much bigger problems.
I couldn't disagree more. I hate giphy integrations, and I disable them in any room I have any control in.
It becomes abused far too easily, and the results are so rarely relevant. "/giphy high five" will return a gif of someone high-fiving 30% of the time, and will return nonsense garbage the rest of the time, prompting people to try, try again, flooding the room with animated images of celebrities, minions, or whatever other garbage someone has uploaded and tagged poorly.
And that's not counting the one jackass who just gets bored and starts flooding the room with random gifs. (That happens much more rarely in work-dedicated channels, but it makes off-topic rooms a chore.)
100% gimmick, 0% pleasure.