BrikoX to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoFarmer ordered to pay after judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptancewww.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down15cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.mlcanada@lemmy.ca
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minus-squarem3adowlinkfedilink3•1 year agoNot according to dictionary.com which the judge referred to for the thumbs up. They should update the meaning, I also know it as a “read receipt”.
minus-square@SheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•1 year agoIf I was going to read a text and respond to it later, I would just… respond to it later. Am I out of touch? No, it’s the children who are wrong.
minus-square@2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•1 year agoA lot of people hate being “left on read” where they see a programmed read receipt but aren’t actually acknowledged. Or for messages without programmed read receipts it does that as well. The thumbs up is also supposed to end conversations quickly.
Not according to dictionary.com which the judge referred to for the thumbs up.
They should update the meaning, I also know it as a “read receipt”.
If I was going to read a text and respond to it later, I would just… respond to it later.
Am I out of touch? No, it’s the children who are wrong.
A lot of people hate being “left on read” where they see a programmed read receipt but aren’t actually acknowledged. Or for messages without programmed read receipts it does that as well. The thumbs up is also supposed to end conversations quickly.