raised hand on Slack
This is how the raised hand emoji ✋ looks on Slack Workspace. Every platform designs emojis differently — see the comparison below.
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💼 Slack Design Style
Slack offers users a choice of emoji styles including Apple, Google, Twitter, and its own custom set. Slack also supports custom workspace emojis, allowing teams to upload their own images. The default rendering depends on the user's platform and settings.
✋ About raised hand on Slack
The way Slack interprets the raised hand emoji is polished and refined, consistent with how Slack Workspace approaches its entire people & body set. The design choices trace back to the platform's emoji debut in 2013.
While the raised hand emoji carries the same Unicode meaning everywhere, Slack's polished and refined rendition gives it a distinct personality compared to how it appears on competing platforms in the people & body category.
ℹ️ Platform Details
- Platform
- Slack Workspace
- Emoji Support Since
- 2013
- Website
- slack.com
💡 Slack People & Body Design Insight
Slack's handling of people emojis reflects workplace diversity needs, and the platform was an early advocate for diverse emoji representation, integrating new skin tone and gender options faster than most other platforms after Unicode releases.
Slack's Workflow Builder allows people emojis to be used as form elements and status indicators in automated workflows, turning personal expression into business process components.
Usage Tip
Setting a Slack status with a people emoji appears next to your name in all channels and direct messages, creating a persistent visual indicator that teammates can scan without opening your profile.
Cross-Platform Note
People emojis in Slack threads render differently for each participant based on their device, meaning team discussions about emoji-based status indicators can be confusing when members describe what they see differently.
Fun Fact
Slack users collectively send over 26 million emoji reactions per day across the platform, with the raising hand emoji being the most popular people emoji, used to volunteer for tasks and indicate availability.