# "Nodding your head" in online communication

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/nodding-your-head-in-online-communication/30>\
**Category:** Feature\
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**Created:** [February 3, 2013, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nodding-your-head-in-online-communication/30 "2013-02-03T11:21:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![frankiesachs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/frankiesachs/32/9272_2.png) [@frankiesachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frankiesachs)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nodding-your-head-in-online-communication/30/17 "2013-02-11T22:05:57Z")

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If one were a troll, this would be a very nice feature for validating that a target was still paying attention even if they were refusing to respond.

Even in Facebook messages, it’s susceptible to people reading too much into it. “Why didn’t my friend answer? I know they saw my message. Are they mad at me?”

For that reason, if no other, I’d rather not see something like that built in as a default.

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