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  2. peterjmag revised this gist Jan 5, 2016. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Now try the same thing with the following snippet (including the backticks):
    <meta name="twitter:data2" value="171 💚">
    ```

    Paste it into Slack, and you get the following:
    Slack will convert the emoji characters to [emoji codes](http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/) like so:

    <meta name="twitter:label1" value="Reading time">
    <meta name="twitter:data1" value="3 mins :clock2:">
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    Copy the following snippet:

    <meta name="twitter:label1" value="Reading time">
    <meta name="twitter:data1" value="3 mins 🕑">
    <meta name="twitter:label2" value="Recommends">
    <meta name="twitter:data2" value="171 💚">

    Paste it into Slack and hit send. (You can use **@slackbot** as a sort of sandbox if you don’t want to spam your team.)

    You should see this:

    >\<meta name="twitter:label1" value="Reading time"\>
    >\<meta name="twitter:data1" value="3 mins 🕑"\>
    >\<meta name="twitter:label2" value="Recommends"\>
    >\<meta name="twitter:data2" value="171 💚"\>
    Now try the same thing with the following snippet (including the backticks):

    ```
    <meta name="twitter:label1" value="Reading time">
    <meta name="twitter:data1" value="3 mins 🕑">
    <meta name="twitter:label2" value="Recommends">
    <meta name="twitter:data2" value="171 💚">
    ```

    Paste it into Slack, and you get the following:

    <meta name="twitter:label1" value="Reading time">
    <meta name="twitter:data1" value="3 mins :clock2:">
    <meta name="twitter:label2" value="Recommends">
    <meta name="twitter:data2" value="171 :green_heart:">