Comment by munk-a
2 years ago
As a person with ADHD myself I'm definitely on the same wavelength with finding emojis distracting but a friend of mine finds them extremely engaging. I suspect that the emoji appeal is more whether you were raised in a setting with them embedded into speech or appended at the end of speech. That's all to say that I don't think the OP was really accurate when they said emojis distracted people with ADHD - it distracts some of us - and engages other[1].
I would also personally appreciate a more neutral professional tone to writing but it's important to get a wider understanding of your audience before over tuning your presentation.
1. (And if you really want to engage me put hyphens everywhere - I do mean everywhere... but that's just me.)
Thanks for this perspective. I generally try to make it at least not distracting for most people, even though I know no 1 style will work for everyone.
Yes, I hear your point on neutral tone as well, I'm a bit dramatic at times.
I am the same with brackets. I use brackets so often-I type them then delete them (or at least reduce them to a "normal" amount) before hitting send, usually.
Maybe you should have a big switch at the top for "Stimulus mode" and "Distraction-free reader". And maybe another one that shoots fireworks.
I laughed out loud at the end. That's a good idea. https://www.understood.org/ actually has a good example of this (reduce-motion mode)
We'll look into this for sure—I'd love a confetti mode.