# "I read it" button alongside "I like it" button?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-read-it-button-alongside-i-like-it-button/52206>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [29 באוקטובר,‏ 2016,‏ 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-read-it-button-alongside-i-like-it-button/52206 "2016-10-29T17:11:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![icaria36](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/icaria36/32/426431_2.png) [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Post date:** [8 בינואר,‏ 2019,‏ 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-read-it-button-alongside-i-like-it-button/52206/23 "2019-01-08T09:14:40Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> I can see some value in adding publicity visible read state on private messages, especially when groups are involved. That is where experimentation should start.

Indeed.

I’m not a heavy user of multiple chat applications, but I like how Riot.im shows the little avatars of users in the last comment they read. This gives every member of a room a good idea of who has read what, without requiring anyone to do anything other than reading.

This is an overkill for an entire Discourse forum, but for the use case of groups (and especially those providing support / relying on quick coordinated actions) it would be a very nice touch. But yeah, not trivial to implement, I guess.

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