I know we’re here for the joke, but can I be real for a minute:
There is absolutely no reason to have read receipts on and everyone should turn them off. You gain nothing from seeing someone has seen a message. You want a reply…wait for a reply. You gain absolutely nothing from letting others know you’ve seen a message. Try turning off read receipts for a little while. I guarantee your life will be better and you may never turn them on again.
The only exception is my wife. I find it useful to know she’s seen the shopping list I’ve sent her, even if she didn’t get a chance to reply. But then again, she’s the only one I’ve convinced to use Signal, so she’s in a separate app and I can keep read receipts on just for her.
Pro level next step:
Try turning off notifications. Put messaging app notifications to silent, minimised and never on lock screen. If there’s something urgent then someone will phone up. We all check our phones often enough to see the message badge soon enough. Silencing the endless pings of alerts will give you a serenity you may have never experienced before. Try it.
Stop acting as of you speak for everyone, super annoying. Turn it off if you do not want it. Very easy.
Let me give you my perspective and the reason I turn them on.
It builds accountability. I want to be a timely replier of texts, but sometimes I fail. Even worse, sometimes I open it and forget to reply at all. This forces me to leave them unread until I’m ready to address them. I know the sender will see that I have read them, so it incentivizes me to manage my texting better.
accountability for responding to texts? i am not “accountable” for responding to a text immediately. that’s some gen alpha bullshit
Just disable that trash. Nobody is entitled to your time and attention whenever they want. It’s also fucking creepy
I didn’t know anyone left that on. Why would anyone want that on?
I think it is really useful to be able to tell that someone has seen a message and recieved the information within, without them having to write a pro forma reply.
This really doesn’t have to be an issue, if your social circle has reasonable expectations and people aren’t insecure enough to guilt trip you because of it.
Doesnt have to be an issue no. Neither do bathroom doors or clothes, but I still prefer those as well. It’s a to each their own thing.
this is a false equivalence
