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I'm with you but it's a generational thing. Are you a millennial?
I basically use it as a way to acknowledge that I saw a message but have nothing further to ask or add.
Nope, not at all.
In private messages outside of work, yes, it comes across passive aggressive and is a hard stop to a conversation. In work context though, it's pretty common on teams as an acknowledgement, though I still think it's nicer to use like a heart react then actually reply.
Talking sense right here
Depends on context for me.
No.
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Sometimes
I found it rude but not anymore and I have to really think about it. On facebook messenger, the default emoji is ๐ 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.
Personally i do. Same as the ๐ 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.
No big deal at all
Not rude at all.
Depends on context but generally no. I use it myself to either agree with or acknowledge messages if I don't have anything to add. I don't see why you should interpret it as rude if the person you're speaking to, or people in general, have stated they don't intend it to be rude.
It depends on the context and the person for me.
For message received, I use the press and hold emoji reactions, "tapbacks" I think they're called.
For some reason I associate an actual "๐๐ผ" text as being less nice? Because now you took the time to open your keyboard and find the thumbs up. Like equivalent to texting "K." Lol
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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.
I can respond with ๐ 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.
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nope but my lingo interpretation is way dated and by the time I uptake something its out of fashion.
Oh wow. I thought only I had an issue with this.