[Tyga11]

Or really any of the others where you can “laugh” or “emphasize”

Whenever someone does it to me it feels like they either want to stop talking via text or it’s just a lazy response. It basically ends the conversation because if you send another text you’re just talking to yourself.

[nerdogray]

That's exactly the way it makes me feel, too. It's like "here's a token response... go bother someone else now."

[spazzyfry123]

I use the crap out of that. The sheer amount of texts I get through work, it’s a simple way to acknowledge. If I need to have a conversation, I’ll pick up the phone.

[Tyga11]

Originally Posted by spazzyfry123

I use the crap out of that. The sheer amount of texts I get through work, it’s a simple way to acknowledge. If I need to have a conversation, I’ll pick up the phone.

For work is excluded. I’m talking about friends and family. Do you “like” your wife’s messages? It’s just rude

[spazzyfry123]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

For work is excluded. I’m talking about friends and family. Do you “like” your wife’s messages? It’s just rude

Yup.

“Heading to the store.”

*like*

[Mintsopoulos]

I wasnt a big user of it but as mentioned previously its become extremely useful for work conversations.

I definitely have become a much bigger user of it and do use it with friends but I usually show a reaction but usually follow up with a response.

[Tyga11]

Originally Posted by nerdogray

That's exactly the way it makes me feel, too. It's like "here's a token response... go bother someone else now."

That’s exactly right - well said

[dreamingat30fps]

Originally Posted by nerdogray

That's exactly the way it makes me feel, too. It's like "here's a token response... go bother someone else now."

I find it super rude also.

That's why I send a single thumbs up emoji instead.

[BMW F22]

Yes, they should! We have a family group chat and everyone likes or loves every freaking photo and message. I muted the chat. Otherwise, notifications off the wazoo.

[nerdogray]

Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

I find it super rude also.

That's why I send a single thumbs up emoji instead.

That thumbs up emoji. There's no better way to "de-escalate" an argument than sending that. It is so effective at pissing off exes at the right moment.

[Tyga11]

Originally Posted by BMW F22

Yes, they should! We have a family group chat and everyone likes or loves every freaking photo and message. I muted the chat. Otherwise, notifications off the wazoo.

Yep - that’s right

[2008M36MT]

Opposite sides of the same coin. Shouldn’t people who wish to end a conversation with those who won’t stop texting have a “de-escalated”/polite way of doing so? Or should they instead just respond with text messages that just say “I don’t want to talk anymore” or just ignore the last text message. Then we’ll have threads asking about is it rude to just abruptly say I don’t feel like continuing this conversation or is it rude to ignore a person? Where does it end? Goodness people need to stop reading into shit. This is a consequence of the text generation. If this was a phone conversation, the boundaries would be clear and the conversation would come to its natural conclusion.
I never use this feature but it shouldn’t be removed. Stop.reading.into.shit. Or. stop.texting.and.learn.to.call.

[Mason Hatcher]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

For work is excluded. I’m talking about friends and family. Do you “like” your wife’s messages? It’s just rude

That is subjective. I don't have an iPhone, but my GF does. I don't feel it rude when she does that.

[Housekeeping]

I find them very immature. Ok by a sub teen but an adult, no way. So dumb!

[ASAP]

wasn't that the point lol?

[floridaorange]

In my opinion, texts are already garbage for communication unless it's about sending someone strictly info. Like "be there in 5" or directions, or other basic information.

If your life is setup in such a way that you are trying to actually communicate via text, you are already doing it wrong.

So to me the "like" option doesn't matter. If you want to communicate with another human, at the very least call them. If they don't like to be called, find a different human to communicate with.

[DETRoadster]

No way, I love the feature for the exact reasons stated. It tends to END annoying text strings.

I have several friends and family members who are either retired, self-employed, or otherwise have forgotten what its like to work a 9-5. They always seem to text me in the middle of the work day. If I dont respond I'll forget and often times it's a simple thing like "we still on for dinner tonight?" But as soon as I make the mistake of responding, it's like "Oh, we have a live one on the line!" and ding...ding...ding...ding...they start blowing me up with all sorts of shit.

With both my mom and my mother-in-law, if I just turn the phone off and stop responding they freak out. "Well I was just texting with you and then you disappeared and I didnt know if you were texting while driving and I dont know why you wont use Find My friends so I can see where you are so then I thought maybe he's gone off in a ditch, so I called your wife and then I called all the local hospitals and I was just about to call the police....." All of this inevitably goes down when I'm in a meeting. Rather than typing back some elaborate thing about how much I appreciate them sending me an update on my cousin's, friends, daughter's cat that fell out of a tree I just fire off some random "like" response which tends to end the misery.

[vbb]

I'm the guy with an Android phone messing up all the group chats, and it's annoying to have the entire contents of the last text requoted 10x by everyone else on the thread that liked the last response.

So I propose we ban group texts.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

Or really any of the others where you can “laugh” or “emphasize”

Whenever someone does it to me it feels like they either want to stop talking via text or it’s just a lazy response. It basically ends the conversation because if you send another text you’re just talking to yourself.

Like

[CTinline-six]

I can't say I'm a big fan of it. I can see "liking" a message to show you acknowledged it if you are in a meeting or driving or something. I know a few people who will like messages and then respond to them which drives me insane. Nothing like two dings or vibrations from the phone for every reply.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Tyga11

For work is excluded. I’m talking about friends and family. Do you “like” your wife’s messages? It’s just rude

I look at it differently. I think each of us has our own unique way of communicating, both in our personal and professional lives. Some people have to keep a conversation going. Example in the old days is someone who you just can't get off the phone. For me, ending a text conversation with a thumbs up or a like is a efficient way to end a conversation that has nothing left to say. I use it to let the other person know I've read their text and I acknowledge what they have said. To me, that's way better than not responding at all because in that case they won't know that I've seen their text, which leaves the communication event in limbo.

My wife texts me often when she is out and about. I respond with a smiley face or a like or an okay or some other brief response just to let her know I got her message. It is not my intent to be rude when I do it and she doesn't take it that way.

[RickFLM4]