Several months ago, a Reddit user took to the platform to ask if anyone else felt "unsettled" by the use of the thumbs-up emoji, sharing an example of workplace messaging conversations.

If you were born before the mid-1990s, the answer is likely to be the good old thumbs-up emoji. But for Generation Z, or “zoomers," born between the mid-1990s and 2010, the thumbs-up emoji is ...

Currently, there are only a few emojis you can use to react to a message (unless of course, you respond, and can use any emoji). “Most people at work use the ‘thumbs-up’ reaction all the time.