@paulzy@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 months agoThumbs up is such a common emoji but almost nobody gives IRL thumbs up anymore.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up156arrow-down1imageThumbs up is such a common emoji but almost nobody gives IRL thumbs up anymore.lemmy.world@paulzy@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 months agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplazlinkfedilink-11•2 months agoThe thumbs up emoji is hated now and viewed as passive aggressive compliance. So, I definitely thumbs up more often IRL.
minus-square@Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•2 months agoMaybe where you live, but not for me. Thumbs up emoji just means okay / will do / message received, in Colorado at least
minus-squareBougieBirdielinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoI use a thumbs up reaction as “I acknowledge I’ve read and understood this, but don’t think you require a push notification” so I guess your mileage may vary
minus-squareRhynoplazlinkfedilink0•2 months agoThat’s what I thought too, but I was told that’s no longer the case.
minus-square@HikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilink3•2 months agoWhat hare brained social group do you participate in?
minus-squareRhynoplazlinkfedilink0•2 months agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2022/10/16/gen-z-have-canceled-the-thumbs-up-emoji-and-heres-why-we-should-worry/
minus-square@HikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilink6•edit-22 months agoLike I am going to trust forbes to have the pulse of gen z.
minus-square@pigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoIt’s definitely the way my ex wife uses it. So it just has a negative connotation to it for me.
The thumbs up emoji is hated now and viewed as passive aggressive compliance.
So, I definitely thumbs up more often IRL.
Maybe where you live, but not for me. Thumbs up emoji just means okay / will do / message received, in Colorado at least
Is it tho?
This is what my wife and kids have told me. 🤷🏻♂️
I see.
I use a thumbs up reaction as “I acknowledge I’ve read and understood this, but don’t think you require a push notification” so I guess your mileage may vary
That’s what I thought too, but I was told that’s no longer the case.
What hare brained social group do you participate in?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2022/10/16/gen-z-have-canceled-the-thumbs-up-emoji-and-heres-why-we-should-worry/
Like I am going to trust forbes to have the pulse of gen z.
👍
It’s definitely the way my ex wife uses it. So it just has a negative connotation to it for me.