I notice this a lot with certain friends on FB, I don't get why they are doing this - they read the message and then mark it as unread to act like they never read it or something... is it because they want a reminder to respond back later or to give off the impression that they don't care about you enough to read your message?
Do any of you do this?
If so, why?
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And not a single fuck was given for this question...
This is one reason why I don't have a Facebook. And I'm not one to mark my messages as read or unread anyway. People can respond when they want to respond.
Pretending like they never saw it doesn't make sense when it comes to text on social media or the phone, we both know it was received so why act like it wasn't read. Besides some messages don't need a response right away or at all so where's the harm in having it shown that it was read?
I know you explained it I'm just saying the logic behind it doesn't make sense. Like what's the point in having "goodnight" marked as unread the next day when it was read on the night it was sent or other things/phrases along those lines (like "that's okay" or "Happy Birthday").
Whatever, I'm over it, but you got to admit it it's kind of contradiction.
Well humans as a species do all kinds of things that are illogical so I don't know why I'm surprised by the trivial.
Do you ever do that? because for me personally I don't need my mailbox clogged with unread messages that I've already read whether I'm going to respond or not.
No I don't, but then again I don't have social media. But still if a guy I don't like texts me I usually make polite conversation but eventually stop replying.
Okay, making it seem like you never read the message is more insulting than showing that you read it because it shows that you cared enough to read it but just didn't have anything to say when it came to a response... at least that's my interpretation.
I doubt I'd get worthwhile replies... but I am tempted now that you suggested it - though I'd ask it gender neutral "why do people mark FB messages as unread?" because I notice lots of guys do it as well.
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