I dont use read reciepts on WhatsApp. I keep it off. So I cannot see if a person has read my message or the sender of a message cannot see Ihave read their message. Status update views are also hidden.

Other messaging apps also have this feature. I personally don’t like it. Do you?

  • MrFunnyMoustache
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    1 year ago

    I would like to see a feature that allows me to enable it for specific contacts/conversations and disable for the rest. It’s useful if there is something that I need to tell someone that’s time sensitive but not urgent enough for me to call them, but I don’t want everyone to be able to know if I have read a message or not.

    So for family and close friends I would like to enable that feature, but for anyone else I would like it to be disabled.

    Since this is all or nothing right now, I keep it disabled for everyone.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Wait, I always thought turning them on turns them on for you and the other person still has to turn it on for themselves to see it. Like even if you leave it off, they can still see if you’ve read theirs if they have it on. Am I misunderstanding this setting?

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        1 year ago

        In order for this feature to be enabled with both participants of the conversation. What I mean is that I want it to be disabled for my conversation with everyone with the exception of specific people.