Command based personalized composite icons

A method for providing a command-based personalized composite icon in a communication stream, comprising:

• detecting an action command in a compose field of a communication platform of a first user, wherein the action command indicates a function to be performed by a system,
• responsive to detecting the action command in the compose field, parsing entries from the compose field subsequent to the action command to identify one or more characters succeeding the action command;
• analyzing the identified one or more characters from the compose field to determine if the identified one or more characters match a first one or more characters of a username of the first user in the communication stream;
• and
• responsive to determining that the identified one or more characters match the first one or more characters of the username of the first user, entering a personal reaction mode allowing for selection of a personalized composite icon to be displayed in the communication stream, comprising:
• providing, based upon one or more rules in the personal reaction mode, a set of selectable icons to the first user, the selectable icons indicating a desired reaction of the first user, the one or more rules defining priority or determination of the set of selectable icons;
• responsive to providing the set of selectable icons, receiving a selected one of the set of selectable icons as a selected icon from the first user;
• and
• causing a personalized composite icon comprising a representation of the first user combined with the selected icon to be displayed in the communication stream.

A system for providing a command-based personalized composite icon in a communication stream, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to control the system to perform operations comprising:
• detecting an action command in a compose field of a communication platform of a first user, wherein the action command indicates a function to be performed by a system,
• parsing entries from the compose field subsequent to the action command to identify one or more characters succeeding the action command;
• analyzing the identified one or more characters from the compose field to determine if the identified one or more characters match a first one or more characters of a username of the first user in the communication stream;
• and
• entering a personal reaction mode, responsive to determining that the identified one or more characters match the first one or more characters of the username of the first user, allowing for selection of a personalized composite icon to be displayed in the communication stream, comprising:
• providing, based upon one or more rules in the personal reaction mode, a set of selectable icons to the first user, the selectable icons indicating a desired reaction of the first user, the one or more rules defining priority or determination of the set of selectable icons;
• receiving a selected one of the set of selectable icons as a selected icon from the first user;
• and
• causing a personalized composite icon comprising a representation of the first user combined with the selected icon to be displayed in the communication stream.