Asklemmy

Depends on context for me.

It’s a pretty simple “acknowledged” to me. It’s a “I’ve not just seen your message, I’ve read it, and I have no further comments”.

I don’t think I’ve ever interpreted it as rude.

no definitely not. but that's probably because i don't associate with people who think im a piece of shit

Nah, and to be honest it threw me off to hear some people interpet it that way. It's always meant "acknowledged" or "I agree, no notes" to me.

If I wanted to be rude I'd do this instead: 👍🙄

No big deal at all

The context will be more telling of if it's actually rude or not. There's a lot of chat software nowadays where you can "react" to a message with a thumbs up and people use it to acknowledge what was said.

Not really, maybe passive agressive at times, but I always see it as casual agreement.

It says we are all a bunch Fonzies here, and what is Fonzie?

👍

I used to but then at work everyone always uses the thumbs up on slack. So I got used to it. Nowadays it depends on the context of the convo

🆗

Initially I did yeah, but eventually learned that different people interpret use it differently. So good practice to never assume sarcasm through emojis unless you know the person well

👎

👍

In a professional setting, it's been a normalised acknowledgement, but socially I try to avoid it. Depending on the generation it can be taken the wrong way.

Sounds like a you problem. An emoji is just that, context of usage defines it's meaning.

The chat built into my hospital's charting software has the 'thumbs up' react so you can quickly and easily show that you've read it. So for me it just means 'heard', 'roger', etc.

I can respond with 👍 and if people don't like it then next time I probably would'nt respond to there texts with anything at all. The thumbs up IS me putting in the extra effort to acknowledge & respond to received messages. Also, it was my avatar on my previous college online profile.

Just try to remember that there is almost always more than one way to interpret a body of text even if it's a single character.

I give a 👍 on a reaction message all the time cause I'm too lazy to respond to it using words

No 👍

I'm with you but it's a generational thing. Are you a millennial?

in response to plans?

chill.

in response to something like a political opinion?

highly sarcastic.

Depends on context. Most of the time it's just a confirmation. You are reading your insecurities into it.

If I want to make it sarcastic I like 👍👁️👄👁️👍

👍🏻(deragatory) /s

Whether a thumbs-up emoji is a good response really depends on the situation.

If it's a quick 'yes' or 'okay' to a simple question, it's fine. But if someone's asking for your opinion or needs more details, it can seem like you're not putting in much effort.

Also, how well you know the person matters a lot. You might use it with a close friend. In contrast someone you don't know well, it can be considered rude.

GenX here. Shit, I do thumbs up frequently to confer agreement.
And I will indeed give you a middle finger emoji to say, "you fucking dumbass."