Friday's Unscientific Poll: Read receipts

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Poll #23032 Read receipts

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 48

When I receive a request for a read receipt on an email message, I

Ignore it
40 (83.3%)

Send it
8 (16.7%)

Well. Not so much opinions as An Opinion, which is that I loathe them. I have never ever sent one. To me an email message is like a paper letter in this way. Once I have sent it, it's up to the recipient when and if they read it and choose to respond.

Comments

[recessional]

I can imagine circumstances wherein read receipts would be neutral or even significantly useful, depending on what email communication is being used for, what other methods of communication are available, what the issue is, how urgent it genuinely is, how time-sensitive it is, and what other factors are involved.

It's highly contextual.