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Finished writing the blog post about read receipts today.
"Read Receipts Considered Harmful"
https://asininetech.com/2018/03/19/read-receipts-considered-harmful/
@staticsafe I think read receipts exist not because they solve any real problem for the user but because the companies trying to move us from SMS to their walled garden needed SOME feature to distinguish themselves from SMS. They also keep us staring at our devices instead of having lives.