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Farmer ordered to pay after judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptance
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I think the personal historical context between the two parties is the important part here. Reading the article, I get the impression that this was not the first instance of these two conducting business in this way.
If the buyer has previous experience with the seller responding to a contract with a thumbs up and then processing to fulfill that contact, why wouldn't they interpret that as acceptance in this case?
To use your own analogy, it would be like a couple who regularly texts ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐๏ธ - ๐ to indicate sexy times having one party reinterpret that meaning suddenly when it's convenient for them.