Or I’d rather finish what I’m watching on Netflix. But it is that I’m half way through a New Yorker long read. Or that I have no opinion on Judd Apatow’s latest (although at times, all of the above). Or that I don’t want to go for a drink with you. It’s not that I don’t think what you said isn’t funny. This is a common reason many others switch read receipts off, according to an open call I put out on yes I turn them off where there is the option as I respond to people late all the time- Sean Anderson August 17, 2015 I don’t want to make people feel those things. I don’t want to ruin all of this by not replying to a text message straight away, because in an ever-connected world, a delay in response is usually viewed as rudeness, a brush-off, or the expression of irritation. I wait in line.I listen to friends talk about their exes. I don’t shoot lions on safari, or believe that immigrants are rapists. Or I have nothing to say.īut I would like to think I am an OK person. Either because I am busy, or more usually, because I am lazy.
This is because I am awful at returning text messages. The thought of having text message read receipts switched on, however, has me breathing into a paper bag. Since the days of horseback, via the Royal Mail’s signed for service, and delivery status notifications (DNS) on email clients, we are all familiar with the concept of acknowledgment of deliverance. And the savvy know that glancing at a message on a lock screen or in a notifications centre is a good means of parsing a message without opening it. Facebook’s “seen by” on messages and chat, for instance, can be cheated using browser extensions. Snapchat even informs a person whether a screenshot of a snap has been taken. But sadistic platforms, Facebook and Snapchat, do not allow the feature to be turned off. However, this function can be toggled off, as with the blue ticks on WhatsApp. Read receipts come in different forms across platforms and operating systems.Īpple’s read receipts for iOS, introduced in 2011, signal when a message is “read”, rather than just “delivered”, along with a timestamp. It was thinking on this last one that had me wondering (paging Carrie Bradshaw): who the hell leaves read receipts on?įor the unfamiliar, a read receipt tells one the recipient of a text message has opened the message and has viewed it. Modern relations are a minefield: the mines are tears over internet search history, slanging matches about exes still friended on Facebook, or sniping at an unanswered text message. Along with this, Messenger also introduced an Archived Chats folder which should help clear up a user’s chat list.įacebook also introduced two new themes for both apps – Star Wars and Selena: The Series, which can be accessed from the app’s settings, and there are four new Messenger camera stickers designed to support and create awareness for key issues important faced by Asian and Pacific Islanders.Technology, though, has added many new levels, and the ensuing potential for confusion, to our social relationships, both with acquaintances and loved ones. This will make it easier for sending longer voice messages without cramping the user’s finger. In Facebook Messenger, users can now record voice messages hands-free with a new tap-to-record option. This means users do not need to open chats individually to check if the person they are chatting has seen their message or not. The second feature that Instagram has added is read receipts or “Seen State” in the chat list screen. The feature is first rolling out to iOS users and will come to Android users soon. The platform only recently received support for sending replies to messages and is now expanding that feature with the ability to reply via a photo or video. Starting with Instagram, users in DMs now have the ability to send visual replies to messages. Facebook Messenger and Instagram have introduced a lot of new features to their iOS and Android apps, such as the ability for chat archiving, improved read receipts, visual replies, new themes and more.
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