It really depends on the age of the sender.
30s and younger: Fairly dismissive response. Not outright insulting but pretty rude.
40s and older: genuinely meant as an earnest acknowledgement of your message.
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It depend on the context/group.
At work, no biggie, it just tells me that you acknowledge my message and currently have nothing useful to add.
With my friends, who usually heavily rely on emojis and "oldtimey smileys" (like xD or y.y)? Ya, unless you completely eminate happiness and friendship, I'm concerned about your mood / standing with me.
Oh wow. I thought only I had an issue with this.
Personally i do. Same as the π wink smiley... comes across as a bit of a cunt in my opinion.
Could be because there were shitty people that would use it in condescending ways at me.
I found it rude but not anymore and I have to really think about it. On facebook messenger, the default emoji is π and during my stay on that platform (~2011-2017) it was regarded as a rude, low effort dismissal, at least inside my circles.
Nowadays, i double take and find that people don't indent to be rude to me. After all, i'm not on facebook anymore and these people weren't in my circle.
Depends on context for me.
Itβs a pretty simple βacknowledgedβ to me. Itβs a βIβve not just seen your message, Iβve read it, and I have no further commentsβ.
I donβt think Iβve 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: ππ
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?
Reference to an old American television show where the "cool" character used to make the thumbs up gesture.
Donβt touch the leather.
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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
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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
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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.
If it's coming from my older coworkers, I know it's meant well. They approve of whatever was discussed and are too busy to type out more, or its unnecessary.
If it's coming from my gen z boyfriend, I have pissed him off.
Sounds like a you problem. An emoji is just that, context of usage defines it's meaning.
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Really moist eggplant.
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 π and if people don't like it then next time I probably wouldn't 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 π on a reaction message all the time cause I'm too lazy to respond to it using words
Reacting with "I agree" instead of π in the reaction field can completely disrupt a conversation.
Why waste word when π do trick?
No π
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.
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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 πποΈπποΈπ
ππ»(deragatory) /s
ππ» (respectfully) /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.
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