Every time somebody sends me a thumb I take it as “whatever you say you fucking dumbass” and it pisses me off.

And ya, I’m aware that that the replies are going to be thumbs, let’s see em ya jerks!!!

  • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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    1 month ago

    Yeah that sounds like a you problem. Most people use it to just mean “ok.” But I mean, if you said “mom just died 😭” and you get “👍” as a reply, that one’s probably rude.

  • @Commiunism@beehaw.org
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    51 month ago

    Depends on context - if it’s a yes/no question or something that can be replied to with a simple “great” or “okay”, thumbs up serves as a “yes” or as a gesture that the person has read the message and doesn’t have any problems with it.

    It might be considered rude though for more complex discussions, where you need to respond in sentences

  • @lorty@lemmy.ml
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    11 month ago

    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.

  • @N0x0n@lemmy.ml
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    211 month ago

    Huh? Maybe I’m strange… But sometimes I give a thumbs up emoji here on Lemmy when I agree with someones argument and have nothing more to add because I 100% agree with the content !

    Never though It could be interpreted as rude :/

  • @Fondots@lemmy.world
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    21 month ago

    It depends on the context

    If I’m just looking for a confirmation that my message was received, and the plans need to additional modification, a thumbs up is sufficient.

    If I ask something like “Wanna meet up at the bar after work today?” And get a thumbs up, that’s sufficient. We know where we’re going and when, no more discussion really needed.

    If I ask “you free to grab a beer this weekend?” and I get a thumbs up, that’s bullshit. When are you free to grab said beer? Where are we going for it? We have details that need to be hammered out.

  • @astutemural@midwest.social
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    141 month ago

    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.

  • Mister Neon
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    71 month ago

    It depends on context and conversation. I get 👍 replies to my comments at work which 80% of the time means whatever I’m about to break in the code base nobody is currently working on.

  • Sleepless One
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    41 month ago

    I basically use it as a way to acknowledge that I saw a message but have nothing further to ask or add.