> That has nothing to do with what I’m talking about You weren't talking about anything other than indicating that you need clarification on what face-to-face

> That has nothing to do with what I’m talking about You weren't talking about anything other than indicating that you need clarification on what face-to-face cues are missing. > I’m saying the indicator on the top should be able to be removed if you don’t want to see it. That's all well and good, but what does that have to do with the aforementioned cues? > I also don’t really agree that giving a up or down vote really means someone read your message. Ultimately they can't tell you anything at all other than that something triggered an event that was recorded in a database. But, assuming bots and programmer error are sufficiently filtered out, you can determine that a human was in proximity to your message and as such it is likely that they read it. Like I said, a reasonable degree of confidence, not an absolute guarantee.