# Publish group read state **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state/142927 **Category:** Announcements **Tags:** new-feature **Created:** [February 28, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state/142927 "2020-02-28T20:15:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 10
### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen) #### Post date: [April 25, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state/142927/10 "2020-04-25T00:44:02Z")
This topic is remarkably similar to one I started last year, but using entirely different words. Personally I think this is one of the reasons my community has had trouble gaining traction. Especially in internet remote, rural and poor parts of the world people gravitate towards whatsapp which provides comforting delivered and read notifications. They are able to provide that because they are an app, not reliant on email. > [@Delivered and read notifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delivered-and-read-notifications/117931): > > Maybe a crazy, big brotherish idea, but a colleague mentioned that she is missing a whatsapp feature she has come to rely on - delivered and read ticks/checks next to names of people in messages she is communicating with. We often use discourse messages and posts with @ mentions to communicate directly with people about activities and events in our community, and it’s super frustrating to not know if they even saw it when trying to follow up with folks… to the point that colleagues ask me to loo… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/publish-group-read-state/142927)._