Does anybody else find 👍🏼 annoying...

[xsquared]

when it is used as punctuation or in place of "Thank you"?

For context, a friend send me a text to ask me a favour, we exchange a few replies and I gradually agree. She finishes off with 👍🏼 and does not mention please or thank you in any of her replies.

I don't like the thumbs-up either - I'd prefer it if they didn't reply at all!

Thumbs-up isn't rude in and of itself, depending on context (and I think it's useful shorthand for "Ok/thanks/message received") but I can see it being annoying if someone's asking favours and using the thumbs-up instead of a actually taking the time to express appreciation or acknowledgement of a favour.

The "friend" here is the problem. It would be just as annoying if she used some other emoji (flowers, cake, smiley, hugs, whatever) instead of bothering to say "please/thank you".

I think it’s very rude and especially so if someone instigates a conversation with you and then they get what they want and reply with this . If people don’t have time to reply or acknowledge a message I would prefer they don’t respond until they do have time especially with Messenger as I never send anything urgent on that .

It's a fob off type response and I've only used it as a conversation stopper .

I don't think I'd find the lack of please or thank you annoying, if the rest of the texts seemed appreciative or there were other emojis such as smiling face etc.

I know that's the issue I'm wondering if your friend thinks that thumbs-up emoji means something more like "cheers, thanks".

Is there any other emoji that you would have read as her expressing thanks? Does everyone else you know always write out the words?

OP, just tell your friend, "No can do 👎"

@SecondRow Most of my friends would just say "Thanks" or "That's great", but they don't usually just text me to ask me to do something for them especially if it's not really essential. They may call me if it's something they needed at that moment.

Depends on the use. I sometimes use thumbs up at the end of an exchange, in place of typing "great" or "ok". It doesn't replace thank you.

To me being asked for a favour by text wouldn't be strange but I also would expect a thank you - it's
not hard to type!

Is she a bit of a CF generally?

@secondrow I really wanted to avoid using that, but yes she can be sometimes!

She is otherwise pleasant, kind and good to talk to.

I’m in my fifties and a thumbs up emoji means the same as ‘please’ or ‘thank you’ in my book, so I think you’re being ridiculous OP to have unilaterally decided an a different meaning without telling the rest of the world.

You youngsters didn’t invent Internet etiquette, you know.