Beware The Emoji

Caution!

Do you like using emojis for efficient communications (and because they're fun)? Be careful that your thumbs up doesn't result in you being bound to an enforceable contract.

Emojis were introduced into the modern lexicon in 1999 as a pictorial expression of words, to facilitate efficient communications where the author was limited in the number of characters their message could contain. Emojis can convey a legal requirement, much like a traffic sign or an Egyptian hieroglyph. In fact, the word "hieroglyph" derives from the Greek "the sacred engraved letters." Although possibly not "sacred," emoji's used in commercial activities should be regarded with appreciation for their legal consequences.