mikewavebird ( mikewavebird@lemmy.ca ) to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 years agoCanadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreementwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up143file-textcross-posted to: news
arrow-up143external-linkCanadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreementwww.engadget.commikewavebird ( mikewavebird@lemmy.ca ) to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news
minus-squareMugmoor ( Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 years agoAs usual, the headline completely misrepresents the story. Read the article, the context around this makes all the difference. (The judge was right)
minus-squaremikewavebird ( mikewavebird@lemmy.ca ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoHmm I don’t understand how the headline misrepresents it? How would you interpret the difference between the headline and the article? 🤔
minus-squareMugmoor ( Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoThe headline is specifically written to incite outrage. That’s how you get clicks these days.
minus-squareEhForumUser ( EhForumUser@lemmy.ca ) BannedBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoOutrage? From a short string of words?
minus-squareMugmoor ( Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoYeah, that is worded stronger than I intended.
minus-squaremikewavebird ( mikewavebird@lemmy.ca ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 years agoOh right, yeah I would agree the title is clickbaity but not necessarily innaccurate or misleading… Edit: read the referenced article, not the Engadget one
As usual, the headline completely misrepresents the story. Read the article, the context around this makes all the difference.
(The judge was right)
Hmm I don’t understand how the headline misrepresents it? How would you interpret the difference between the headline and the article? 🤔
The headline is specifically written to incite outrage. That’s how you get clicks these days.
Outrage? From a short string of words?
Yeah, that is worded stronger than I intended.
Oh right, yeah I would agree the title is clickbaity but not necessarily innaccurate or misleading…
Edit: read the referenced article, not the Engadget one