Amid tech layoffs, saluting-face emoji is the placard of the digital world

Ever since Elon Musk took over the social media platform Twitter on October 27, seldom has a day passed when he did not make it to the headlines. From carrying a sink to the office on his first day to advocating “hardcore” work culture, the richest person on the planet has found one way or the other to be the talk of his digital “town”. But the whole fiasco has brought forth another newsmaker, the Saluting-face emoji.

As Twitter employees resigned following Musk’s demand to participate in an “extremely hardcore” way of work, Slack, the communication platform used by the company, got flooded with saluting-face emojis. The employees posted the emoji as a sign of protest before logging out and resigning.