I’ve never really been a fan of the thumbs-up emoji, largely because it has historically been associated with dads, and as a young man hurtling into his thirties with an escalating appetite for ...

Be careful how you emoji in the future, after a Canadian judge ruled that sending someone a "thumbs-up" symbol in a message can potentially enter you into a legally binding contract. The King's ...

MailOnline recently reported that a thumbs-up can be seen as passive aggressive ... Keith said: 'Emojis are symbols of emotional intent and are used more often in positive situations.

The thumbs-up emoji proved pivotal in a case involving ... contract would follow by fax or email for me to review and sign.” Achter also said he and Mickleborough, who had a business ...

Now, Reddit users have targeted one of the most popular emojis, the thumbs-up symbol, as potentially “hostile.” A post from Reddit user u/Dry_Interaction6220 is going viral this week ...

Sorry to thumbs up emoji fans but it seems the younger generation thinks of it a bit differently to their elders. While it started life as a humble symbol of agreement or a job well done ...

Far worse, the thumbs up is seen as actively hostile – a passive-aggressive dig deemed “unsettling”. I know, I know: millennials are hardly innocent in the communication wars. A decade ago ...