Emoji Promotes Developer Participation and Issue Resolution on GitHub

arXiv:2308.16360v3 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Although remote working is increasingly adopted during the pandemic, many are concerned by the low-efficiency in the remote working. Missing in text-based communication are non-verbal cues such as facial expressions and body language, which hinders the effective communication and negatively impacts the work outcomes. Prevalent on social media platforms, emojis, as alternative non-verbal cues, are gaining popularity in the virtual workspaces well. In this paper, we study how emoji usage influences developer participation and issue …

abstract arxiv communication cs.cy cs.hc cs.lg developer efficiency emoji github impacts issue language low pandemic remote working resolution text type verbal work