in recent weeks the negative ones had been used more regularly and aggressively.
That is precisely why they ended up removed. I will speak to the rest of the admin team
Perhaps the list of available emojis could be revised and those which may cause offence removed, e.g. the "dumb" emoji. Just a thought.
Agree, lose any that can cause offence and ask everyone to play nice and disagree constructively.
Indeed.. bmb and her naughty step hasn’t been used in a while so let’s keep it that way!