Read receipts being there simplify 1-on-1 conversations a lot. Nobody wants to admit it because they don't want to "sound creepy", but most people do use them t

Read receipts being there simplify 1-on-1 conversations a lot. Nobody wants to admit it because they don't want to "sound creepy", but most people do use them to know whether or not the other party has read/received the message. It avoids the whole "hey, did you get my text" thing and there's several social situations where knowing whether the other person has read your message (regardless of reply) is useful, so you don't end up calling them to do exactly that. It's like quote replies, emoji, etc… none of these things are essential to 1-on-1 comm, but if there's a platform that has these features, it'll most likely win out over others.