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I am confused why anyone would even consider this news. If there is considerarion to the farmer then what is so special about the emoji? Any reasonable person considers it an affirmative response.

Think of it this way, if this was some EULA and instead of "i agree" there was a thumbs up emoji, would it not still be valid?

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> Any reasonable person considers it an affirmative response.

Affirmative response to what - have received the message or have agreed to the content of the message? That is the issue. I can easily see farmer's side of the story.

EULA by nature of its delivery does not have these state - have landed on the webpage page, and agree to the content of the page.

If the message contains a question then it is an answer, if not I can see that being acknowledgent of receiving it.

The word "ok" is the same. Ok what? Ok you received it or ok you agree with the contract?

There was a call to action, not a question: 'please confirm flax contract'. The thumbs up could easily be interpreted as 'understood, will confirm', and personally that'd be my interpretation, given the situation. It seems especially likely if there wasn't much of a delay before the response was sent (sufficient time to adequately review the contract).

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