I know they've seen my message - so why haven't they replied?
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/mar/17/i-know-theyve-seen-my-message-so-why-havent-they-replied
This article is about the issue people are facing on social media where they aren't getting replies even though messages have been sent. With messages sent to people, they will eventually have their message delivered to the recipient and its up to them to reply once they view it or the person who had sent the message will be aware that they have been ignored. This has become an issue as society are questioning their worth when they are ignored. These people sending messages never picture the other person doing something else keeping them occupied meaning they wouldn't be able to view messages. It has caused some people to protest against the actions of some social networking sites to remove the feature of turning off the 'read' option.
I believe these social networking websites may actually be under threat by some of these protesters if they want to take this further. This is because they may eventually decide to boycott these social networking sites that allow their family and friends to hide the fact that they don't want to speak to them. Perhaps the feature isn't that major to take away than to maintain so it would be ideal to remove the feature because after all if you want to ignore someone and do it discreetly then you have the option of not opening the message so it won't show you have viewed the message.
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