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Context is everything. A green check mark is clearly an affirmative. If it is in your messenger it can mean "read, but no reply". If you send a check mark as an
by weinzierl 3y ago
Context is everything. A green check mark is clearly an affirmative. If it is in your messenger it can mean "read, but no reply". If you send a check mark as an answer to a bid, I can hardly imagine anyone interpreting this as anything else as an acceptance.
The more interesting case would be an X mark. While this is often interpreted as the opposite of a check mark there are contexts where it is affirmative. Best known example is probably election ballot papers. Not so well know nowadays is that the blind and illiterate used the X to sign contracts.
- xg15 3y agoYeah, but a green checkmark emoji is something different than the "message was read" icon the GP was talking about. I don't think any average user would confuse the two and neither would a judge.
- weinzierl 3y agoYou wouldn't send the "message was read" icon in a message, would you? And even if, the sender would probably just read it as two green check marks. That's what I meant with context is everything.