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Canadian judge rules thumbs-up emoji can represent contract agreement (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Newstart to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Perhaps it is just me. But I thumbs up requests to review stuff all the time. It has never meant "I reviewed that and agree"

I consider it as assent to do the thing they asked me to do. Which seems like it was 'review this'.

I guess it is time to change. Maybe an alias from ":thumbs up:" to "I will take a look!" is in order.

[–] Cortell 12 points 1 year ago

I always go for the trusty πŸ‘€

[–] someguy3 7 points 1 year ago

It's a yes basically.

Q: "Can you review this?". A: "yes [I can]".

Q: "have you reviewed this?" A: "yes [I have]”.

But having to explain to coworkers that Y means yes and N means no, don't leave any room for misinterpretation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"On it" or "checking" is my acknowledgement.

πŸ‘is my approval.

Last thing I want is a trainee jumping the gun!