# "Nodding your head" in online communication

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/nodding-your-head-in-online-communication/30>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**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:** ![oliverpool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/oliverpool/32/116009_2.png) [@oliverpool](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oliverpool)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nodding-your-head-in-online-communication/30/27 "2015-11-27T12:46:41Z")

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Reading all the comments, I thought about the following possibility:

When I’m mentioned in a post (with a `@`), near the mention (or at the end of the post) there could be some “acknowledgement” buttons:

- I agree
- I’ll reply soon
- I disagree

And then show it to the original poster as suggested previsouly:

> [@pekka](#):
>
> Or inline in the text:  
> ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/6/6366ee424b1f22f47cc8b673a576478815da0ff9.png)

I think this addresses the privacy concern (signal is sent only if I click).  
Of course, if I’ve already replied those buttons should automatically disappear.

One could also think about the “scope” of the acknowledgement (choosing it to be public for instance).

This could then be used to do a poll limited to certain users (for a new feature for instance).

Edit: the “I’ll reply soon” action could trigger a future notification to remind me to actually reply to this post if I forgot it.

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