To think if you're going to be a dick on social media you should at least own it?

[BloodyDrasticInnit]

Group I'm on.

Lady posted a homemade attempt at an item as a Christmas present.
Was a good effort but obviously wasn't like the original manufactured version.

I said it was a lovely thoughtful present.

Someone clicked the 'laughing' reaction on both my comment and the original post.

I told her there was no need to be a dick.

She acted all innocent and said she was putting laughing faces because the item made her happy.

AIBU to think if you like an item you click heart or thumbs up. Not laughing?

PS. Yes this is a stupid thread. Yes social media is wank. No it doesn't really matter. Yes I do actually have better things to do than post about this.
But here we are 😂

I don't know, maybe she genuinely thinks that means 'happy', like people who still use LOL to mean lots of love.

I don't know. She's young. Maybe 18/20. I doubt it's confusing to her.

Well, it could have made her happy because it made her laugh, so technically she did own it! Saying that, yeah, I'd probably not use the laugh emoticon unless Im laughing. Laughing at something isn't always a put-down though. Some people just have an odd sense of humour 🤷🏼‍♀️

Did you comment on the post saying she was being a dick? To be honest I think that writing that and drawing attention to the ‘laughing’ is more likely to embarrass and upset the poster of the craft than someone’s posting a laughing face on a comment. Also it makes it look like you assume someone would be laughing at it and that’s you’re original comment was insincere

To be fair I agree with @Sunshine1235. Your comment pulling someone up on it almost makes it look like your initial response was posted out of pity.

I can't imagine policing someone else's reactions like this. At the risk of sounding shirty, what's it got to do with you?

I can't imagine policing someone else's reactions like this. At the risk of sounding shirty, what's it got to do with you?

How is OP policing anyone? (Anymore than you're policing OP's post by disagreeing with it). I never get the people who act like loud arseholes in public then if anyone points out they're being an arsehole acts all affronted and claims their freedom of speech is being attacked.