For many Gen Zers, the thumbs-up emoji is far from a simple affirmation.One user commented, “I get mad seeing thumbs-ups lol it’s pretty bad,” while another compared receiving a thumbs-up to ...

Gen Z also called out the popular thumbs up emoji for being “rude” and “hostile”, even saying they feel attacked whenever they see it used in the workplace. “For younger people ...

PC Gamer's staff recently had an intense debate about whether a solitary thumbs up emoji was passive aggressive or not. Turns out, we have roughly a 50/50 split, which means one in two thumbs up ...