# Delivered and read notifications?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivered-and-read-notifications/117931>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivered-and-read-notifications/117931 "2019-05-16T14:55:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivered-and-read-notifications/117931/1 "2019-05-16T14:55:43Z")

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Maybe a crazy, big brotherish idea, but a colleague mentioned that she is missing a whatsapp feature she has come to rely on - delivered and read ticks/checks next to names of people in messages she is communicating with. We often use discourse messages and posts with @ mentions to communicate directly with people about activities and events in our community, and it’s super frustrating to not know if they even saw it when trying to follow up with folks.. to the point that colleagues ask me to look in mandrill to see if they got the email and opened it.

I know discourse tracks info like this, but am not sure how to readily get access it in the service of stewarding community engagement. Some system of indicating delivered and read status would be very valuable, e.g. on the popup user card when selecting a user’s avatar in a conversation? It could be controlled via an admin setting, e.g. to disable entirely, display only for staff, or display to all members?

> ### What do the ticks mean in WhatsApp?
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> WhatsApp uses a system of ticks to indicate different statuses of messages you send. The ticks will be visible at the bottom right hand corner of the message speech bubble, next to the time stamp. One grey tick means that the message has been sent successfully. Two grey ticks means that the message has been delivered successfully to the recipient’s phone. If the two ticks turn blue, that means that the message has been read.
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> ![WhatsApp](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/3/93cb0f7c43d01fc2eb22f10451026dad01c13d61.jpeg)

From: [https://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/internet/social-media/whatsapp-messages-explained-ticks-message-delivery-read-receipts-11364178107998](https://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/internet/social-media/whatsapp-messages-explained-ticks-message-delivery-read-receipts-11364178107998)

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