It&#x27;s not exclusive to slack, for example: twitch chat there are a bunch of text commands that people love to use. When people use emojis and other such things they usually use a text macro. If you&#x27;ve noticed with programs like photoshop and illustrator, it&#x27;s recommended for novices to learn all of the keyboard shortcuts.<p>If anything this points to the future of UI being a combination of text and point and click.