How to track which users viewed a particular topic?

[mcwumbly (Dave McClure)]

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Delivered and read notifications?

Hmmm since this topic was last posted we did build this feature for group messages: [image] So yeah, a lot of the mechanics are in core, its just a question of how many toggles we want to give people. I can see the appeal in personal messages that are not group messages to “know” that you were read, but there are privacy concerns and I am not sure how many toggles should be provided.

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Publish group read state

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…