What Does This Mean?

Read Receipt

[ PRESENCE MACHINES ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: IM and MySpace CultureCLUSTER: Presence Machines

A messaging feature that notifies the sender when their message has been opened and viewed by the recipient, transforming the simple act of reading a message into a visible, timestamped social signal.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"The read receipt showed she saw it an hour ago and still hasn't replied."

LORE & ORIGIN

Became a standard messaging platform feature by the early 2010s as apps like iMessage and WhatsApp added read confirmation, creating an entirely new category of communication anxiety around the gap between reading and responding.

FIRST SEEN

2011

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

Not established

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESread receipt →Français fr-FRread receipt →日本語 ja-JP既読通知 →한국어 ko-KR읽음 확인 →Português pt-BRread receipt →中文 zh-CN已读回执 →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2011

NOW

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