The thumbs up emoji is so passive aggressive, I can’t really explain it — Drift (@DrifterShoots) October 12, 2022 Young people do not give a shit about a thumbs up emoji.

On Oct. 12, the Daily Mail tweeted "Why NOBODY should be using the 'thumbs up' emoji in 2022" with a link to their story on the matter, and similar strong opinions to the Reddit thread were released.