diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index a91e688..897a464 100644
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ async def random_message_command(ctx: commands.Context, channel: Optional[discor
     typing = ctx.channel.trigger_typing()
     if channel is None:
         channel = ctx.channel
-    messages = async_filter(lambda m: m.clean_content.strip() != '', channel.history(limit=max_cnt))
+    messages = async_filter(_is_message_allowed_for_operations, channel.history(limit=max_cnt))
     messages = [item async for item in messages]
     msg: discord.Message = random.choice(messages)
     author: discord.abc.User = msg.author
@@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ async def random_message_command(ctx: commands.Context, channel: Optional[discor
     await ctx.channel.send(embed=embed)
 
 
+def _is_message_allowed_for_operations(message: discord.Message) -> bool:
+    if message.clean_content.strip() == '':
+        return False
+    for reaction in message.reactions:
+        if reaction.emoji == '❌':
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
 @bot.command(name='config', brief='Change the configuration of this bot')
 async def config_prefix_command(ctx: commands.Context, cmd: str = '', key: str = '', *, val: str = ''):
     if ctx.guild is None: