Teams - Revert to Classic Emojis

Anonymous
2022-05-27T15:38:41+00:00

Greetings!

Microsoft Teams recently rolled out the Microsoft Fluent emoji style in Teams. This change altered all emojis and reactions across the platform and made them look incredibly displeasurable and unusual. In a business environment, I would venture to say the updated emojis are unusable due to the fact that they are so silly (for lack of a better word). I have thus far been unable to revert the emojis back to the way they were before this update; however, I would like to do this, as would my team. Is there any way to revert the emojis back to the way they were before this Microsoft Fluent emoji style update?

Thanks for any insight!

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-09-19T09:00:54+00:00

    I agree with the above comments about how bad new emojis are and would like to add a new angle to this: they are also very damaging for neuroatypical people like I am. Our brain does not tolerate fake-3D and these new emojis look 3D-ish. They also move and have intense, disturbing colours. I know I can turn off animation, but this not solve the rest of the problems that made emojis unusable for me. I had to ask my work colleagues not to use any when they contact me. They just literally hurt me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-15T18:52:12+00:00

    I guess I'm wondering why Microsoft would change emojis to appeal to kindergarteners rather than adults who use this tool for work.

    They are not professional and I can't figure out why they did this. Microsoft should at least let users flip back to the prior emojis.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-14T18:16:39+00:00

    I don't have an answer for you, but I strongly agree. The emojis are unusable and creepy. Thanks for asking the question.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-13T18:53:22+00:00

    I am not visually impaired, and still have problem with distinguishing between new emojis - many of them look similar (until you switch focus and concentrate to it).

    Really annoying and most of all unuseful.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-12T15:45:56+00:00

    I have a visually impaired, legally blind team member that cannot distinguish between the new set of emojis. They state that they all look like orange and purple smudges. I'm very disappointed that Microsoft would allow a change that didn't follow ADA guidelines.

    It would be VERY nice to have the option, either at the admin level or the individual level to choose a set of emojis they would like to use.

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