I hate people who "love" or "like" everything on text messages.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know just uses the "like" as an acknowledgment of seeing the text.

As in:

Friend: "I'll pick your son up at 10am".
Me" "like".

Same. Or my brother sends me a pic of his new baby - who I have not yet gotten to meet, thanks to COVID - and I "love" it because that seems like the appropriate response. He knows I saw the pic, he knows I am having a positive reaction, what else am I supposed to say?

And to the PP: People are sending you pics of their food because they miss you and want to connect in a low key normal life sort of way. People being busy and living far apart made that hard to do before COVID. Now it's basically impossible. So we share small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected, still. I'm sure if you told your college friend you don't like, love, or give two f*cks about her banana bread, she'd stop sending them. Or just don't respond - don't like or love the pics, don't ask a question - and she'll get the hint you are too important and busy for her little life.

Do you get that...THAT IS WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS FOR? Social media is for "sharing small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected." When I have some free time, I scroll a bit, and look, there's your banana bread. That's nice.

What's not nice is me having to look at my phone when it pings in case it is my elderly mother needing help, or daycare telling me about an urgent update, or my boss asking me to send him slides while he is in an in-progress meeting, and seeing your damn banana bread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know just uses the "like" as an acknowledgment of seeing the text.

As in:

Friend: "I'll pick your son up at 10am".
Me" "like".

Same. Or my brother sends me a pic of his new baby - who I have not yet gotten to meet, thanks to COVID - and I "love" it because that seems like the appropriate response. He knows I saw the pic, he knows I am having a positive reaction, what else am I supposed to say?

And to the PP: People are sending you pics of their food because they miss you and want to connect in a low key normal life sort of way. People being busy and living far apart made that hard to do before COVID. Now it's basically impossible. So we share small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected, still. I'm sure if you told your college friend you don't like, love, or give two f*cks about her banana bread, she'd stop sending them. Or just don't respond - don't like or love the pics, don't ask a question - and she'll get the hint you are too important and busy for her little life.

Do you get that...THAT IS WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS FOR? Social media is for "sharing small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected." When I have some free time, I scroll a bit, and look, there's your banana bread. That's nice.

What's not nice is me having to look at my phone when it pings in case it is my elderly mother needing help, or daycare telling me about an urgent update, or my boss asking me to send him slides while he is in an in-progress meeting, and seeing your damn banana bread.

Jeez louise. This seems a little overwrought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know just uses the "like" as an acknowledgment of seeing the text.

As in:

Friend: "I'll pick your son up at 10am".
Me" "like".

Same. Or my brother sends me a pic of his new baby - who I have not yet gotten to meet, thanks to COVID - and I "love" it because that seems like the appropriate response. He knows I saw the pic, he knows I am having a positive reaction, what else am I supposed to say?

And to the PP: People are sending you pics of their food because they miss you and want to connect in a low key normal life sort of way. People being busy and living far apart made that hard to do before COVID. Now it's basically impossible. So we share small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected, still. I'm sure if you told your college friend you don't like, love, or give two f*cks about her banana bread, she'd stop sending them. Or just don't respond - don't like or love the pics, don't ask a question - and she'll get the hint you are too important and busy for her little life.

Do you get that...THAT IS WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS FOR? Social media is for "sharing small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected." When I have some free time, I scroll a bit, and look, there's your banana bread. That's nice.

What's not nice is me having to look at my phone when it pings in case it is my elderly mother needing help, or daycare telling me about an urgent update, or my boss asking me to send him slides while he is in an in-progress meeting, and seeing your damn banana bread.

Jeez louise. This seems a little overwrought.

Acting like your banana bread is need-to-know-now is also a bit much. There are literally platforms built for your banana bread. Go avail yourself of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's worse is that I don't have an iPhone, so when people like one of my texts, it literally repeats the text to me. I hate it.

Example:

My text to Larla: "Happy Birthday"
The text I get back: Liked "Happy Birthday"

Or worse: Laughed at "Happy Birthday"

That's your problem! Get an iPhone!

Do all android phones do this??? That seems really backwards — or is your phone just really old?

NP. Yes, as far as I know this is a global android thing, happens to me, too. FYI we can't "like" or "love" react to anything you iPhoners send us, so don't get offended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's worse is that I don't have an iPhone, so when people like one of my texts, it literally repeats the text to me. I hate it.

Example:

My text to Larla: "Happy Birthday"
The text I get back: Liked "Happy Birthday"

Or worse: Laughed at "Happy Birthday"

That's your problem! Get an iPhone!

Do all android phones do this??? That seems really backwards — or is your phone just really old?

NP. Yes, as far as I know this is a global android thing, happens to me, too. FYI we can't "like" or "love" react to anything you iPhoners send us, so don't get offended.

I have an iPhone and just this morning got added to a group thread with coworkers where I keep seeing this: Emphasized “[insert previous message here]” and I’m so confused. Which reaction are they selecting to “emphasize”? Is it the two exclamation marks? And I have an iPhone, so why am I seeing “emphasized” and not the icon? I must be old!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know just uses the "like" as an acknowledgment of seeing the text.

As in:

Friend: "I'll pick your son up at 10am".
Me" "like".

Same. Or my brother sends me a pic of his new baby - who I have not yet gotten to meet, thanks to COVID - and I "love" it because that seems like the appropriate response. He knows I saw the pic, he knows I am having a positive reaction, what else am I supposed to say?

And to the PP: People are sending you pics of their food because they miss you and want to connect in a low key normal life sort of way. People being busy and living far apart made that hard to do before COVID. Now it's basically impossible. So we share small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected, still. I'm sure if you told your college friend you don't like, love, or give two f*cks about her banana bread, she'd stop sending them. Or just don't respond - don't like or love the pics, don't ask a question - and she'll get the hint you are too important and busy for her little life.

Do you get that...THAT IS WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS FOR? Social media is for "sharing small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected." When I have some free time, I scroll a bit, and look, there's your banana bread. That's nice.

What's not nice is me having to look at my phone when it pings in case it is my elderly mother needing help, or daycare telling me about an urgent update, or my boss asking me to send him slides while he is in an in-progress meeting, and seeing your damn banana bread.

Dude, you don't have to scream. And people get upset when folks use social media for those sorts of things, too. I have 4500 FB friends - I use it for work, more than for socializing - and I don't see every pic my brother posts about his kid. I appreciate that he texts them to me, so I will actually see them. In other words, we all use these mediums differently. If you're finding someone is draining you with their texting, find a way to let them know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Is the above bad too, op? No go?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Is the above bad too, op? No go?

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know just uses the "like" as an acknowledgment of seeing the text.

As in:

Friend: "I'll pick your son up at 10am".
Me" "like".

Same. Or my brother sends me a pic of his new baby - who I have not yet gotten to meet, thanks to COVID - and I "love" it because that seems like the appropriate response. He knows I saw the pic, he knows I am having a positive reaction, what else am I supposed to say?

And to the PP: People are sending you pics of their food because they miss you and want to connect in a low key normal life sort of way. People being busy and living far apart made that hard to do before COVID. Now it's basically impossible. So we share small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected, still. I'm sure if you told your college friend you don't like, love, or give two f*cks about her banana bread, she'd stop sending them. Or just don't respond - don't like or love the pics, don't ask a question - and she'll get the hint you are too important and busy for her little life.

Do you get that...THAT IS WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS FOR? Social media is for "sharing small parts of our lives with other people so we feel connected." When I have some free time, I scroll a bit, and look, there's your banana bread. That's nice.

What's not nice is me having to look at my phone when it pings in case it is my elderly mother needing help, or daycare telling me about an urgent update, or my boss asking me to send him slides while he is in an in-progress meeting, and seeing your damn banana bread.

Dude, you don't have to scream. And people get upset when folks use social media for those sorts of things, too. I have 4500 FB friends - I use it for work, more than for socializing - and I don't see every pic my brother posts about his kid. I appreciate that he texts them to me, so I will actually see them. In other words, we all use these mediums differently. If you're finding someone is draining you with their texting, find a way to let them know.

Reading some caps as "screaming" = 1990s AOL chatroom.

So anyway, the OP said she doesn't like it when people "like" or "love." It is 100% a valid point to say...if you find that people are only quickly reacting with these types of things, maybe it's time to take a step back and evaluate...are you texting too much? About inane crap that doesn't require an actual response? If so, dial it back on the text front, and see if you get more meaningful interactions.

You don't have to like or agree with my assessment, but there it is.

[Anonymous]

Learn how to customize your notifications, banana bread hater.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Learn how to customize your notifications, banana bread hater.

Or people could just calm their tits on their incessant bids for attention and validation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know just uses the "like" as an acknowledgment of seeing the text.

As in:

Friend: "I'll pick your son up at 10am".
Me" "like".

+1

Same.

+2.

Mom: I’m bringing your spawn home in 4 hours
Me: I will get pick it up in 1!
Mom: Liked “I will pick it up in 1!”
Me: *Grabs keys*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Is the above bad too, op? No go?

I find the yellow thumb offensive, personally.

I think they should have a green thumb. Green thumbs matter. I say this as a black woman who would never use gorilla glue for anything other than reattaching my tennis shoe sole to itself circa 1993.