In reply to Jeffr0.

If you looked at emoji as either positive or negative I suppose that's a good question. But different emoji for clapping, smiling, etc. can give a speaker useful feedback - just how it's possible to give valuable feedback about a talk or plugin without having to include anything obviously "negative".

We are also likely planning on allowing speakers to choose, which gives them the right to make that decision. Personally I think a poop emoji would be cute, but some wouldn't.

Thanks for your thoughts. Slap a "social experiment" sticker on this. :-)