But maybe read receipts and the games people play with them have just ruined my ability to trust. I’ve asked it why, but it could be because a) users were stressing over why their matches hadn’t yet replied to their opening line, thus harshing the vibe of what should be a fun or flirty platform or b) it helps people who are using Tinder to cheat, by letting them claim to their partners that their account is inactive. Tinder has removed its “last active” notification on individuals’ profiles. That there are people who turn on read receipts specifically to rattle their correspondents proves the anxiety is warranted. When u don't have read receipts on but you still want to make someone feel bad /SqyI775fKQ- grace ma☁️ January 2, 2017 (An added layer of complication: no one knows whether the “read” in “read receipts” is pronounced “red” or “reed”.) Some people – you might call them sociopaths – leave people on read deliberately to exact some sort of retribution. iPhone users can turn them on by tapping “show previews” in the “messages” tab of notifications.īut while some people contort themselves to avoid being seen to have “seen”, others manipulate that anxiety to their own ends.
Turning on “previews” that display on the lock screen will, in many cases, show enough to get the gist of a message (“I think we should break. People will go to some lengths to avoid being seen to have “seen” a message – on Snapchat and Facebook, downloading the message then turning on flight mode and opening it can stop it from registering as opened. The horror of read receipts is so widely recognised that a strategy of sorts has evolved around minimising it. There is no in between.- Elena Eimert February 11, 2017Ĭombined with notifications for “last active” (which tell you how long since someone was on the platform) and “is typing” (which tell you when they’ve started crafting their reply) – well, is it any wonder anxiety is so rife among Generation Y?
People with their read receipts turned on are either sadists or saints.
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