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What it signals here

upvote context

Used in comment threads to illustrate how small something is compared to a claim — 'their actual market share 🤏🏼'

community use

r/mildlyinfuriating and r/badeconomics type subs use it to quantify disappointingly small impacts or portions.

subreddit meaning

In r/nba, r/soccer, r/gaming used to mock a player's clutch performance being 'this impactful'; in r/relationship_advice used to describe minimal effort from partners.

karma context

Sometimes used in karma-farming posts sarcastically: 'The number of people who read past the title 🤏🏼'

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