Slack Has Unintuitive Onboarding for Emoji and Cross-Device Sync Gaps
New users find Slack features like GIF sharing and emoji customization non-obvious, creating a learning curve during onboarding. Cross-device message sync occasionally lags, though the user reports this is rare. Both issues are low severity and largely self-resolving.
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