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Farmer ordered to pay after judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptance
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this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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If I was going to read a text and respond to it later, I would just... respond to it later.
Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong.
A lot of people hate being "left on read" where they see a programmed read receipt but aren't actually acknowledged. Or for messages without programmed read receipts it does that as well. The thumbs up is also supposed to end conversations quickly.