# 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:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivered-and-read-notifications/117931/2 "2019-05-16T15:17:48Z")

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That works in WhatsApp as each user has a single device. Messages are only delivered into an app, and besides skimming the notification previews you can’t “read” a message without opening it.

Discourse OTOH is all about users accessing from multiple endpoints, some of the ways to consume such as email couldn’t convey a read state if you wanted to.

I wouldn’t mind a “read up until” notification for Messages, but it would need a huge disclaimer that it’s not an infallible measure.

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