# How does "publish read state" work? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-publish-read-state-work/126986 **Category:** Support **Created:** [August 28, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-publish-read-state-work/126986 "2019-08-28T05:13:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![Roman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/roman/32/157504_2.png) [@Roman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roman) #### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-publish-read-state-work/126986/5 "2020-02-28T20:16:01Z")
Done here: > [@Publish group read state](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state/142927): > > When in a group, knowing if another user reads a message can be quite useful. A couple of months ago we added the experimental “Publish read state” feature, which after a lot of tweaks is now ready to be safely used. As you may have noticed, this shows who read which post. It adds a new icon and the reader’s count just before the likes: [Screen Shot 2020-02-27 at 15.03.02] If you click the icon, you can also see the reader’s avatars (it works the same way that likes). You will only count as a… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-publish-read-state-work/126986)._