No one read status, everyone sees emoji though. Make an emoji for what you want to say.
Because you see I had the palm tree emoji. AND a bit of text. Still got PMs and calls.
The emoji didn’t seem to matter.
Also I sent a college a message while he was on holiday knowingly so that he can see and may reply if he wants to when he comes back.
If you are on holiday (palm emoji) you are free to not pick up any calls and messages, until an unless you job is life critical and requires you to respond immediately at any hour.