# "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") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 42
### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam) #### Post date: [February 2, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nodding-your-head-in-online-communication/30/42 "2023-02-02T23:54:06Z")
Many many many years later… I would like to close the loop here, especially since @pekka made a welcome surprise visit on meta today 🤗 There are 2 things we have done to help in this department. **Firstly** , we release the #official [Discourse Reactions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-reactions/183261) plugin. I find it incredibly valuable especially in closed communities. I do wonder if it makes sense to try it out on meta or not. **Secondly** , we have a literal … “Sam has read this” feature that can be enabled on group PMs. This was first brought up by @jomaxro (we got to close the loop there) [Ability to view if PM has been read (Moderation ability?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-view-if-pm-has-been-read-moderation-ability/38033) (and also [mentioned by](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivered-and-read-notifications/117931/14) @tobiaseigen ) Announced 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/nodding-your-head-in-online-communication/30)._