• HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
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        18 days ago

        I’m English and in England. I’m having a bit of trouble with “u get left on read…” Can someone help me out please?

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          18 days ago

          left on “read” (past participle) = the guy doesn’t reply.

          It relates to the messaging apps showing “read” when someone has read the message, but not yet replied.

        • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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          18 days ago

          I’m an American, and I had to ask my wife what that was the first time I saw it. And then I needed an explanation on why that was a problem, because I had thought the point of text messages was that you could read it and get back at your convenience, as opposed to a phone call you have to respond to in the moment.

          Apparently I’m old.

          • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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            18 days ago

            One advantage of SMS over other messengers. As far as I’m concerned whether I’ve read a message or not is nobody’s fucking business but my own.

            • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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              18 days ago

              Exactly, which is why I refuse to enable read receipts or use services where it can’t be disabled.

              I’ll get notifications and read them without actually opening them, and I’ll also open messages without actually reading them. I don’t want people to make assumptions based on the read status, so I refuse to engage with that feature.