How read receipts work on LinkedIn, and how to turn them on or off – Business Insider

By default, LinkedIn displays read receipts and typing indicators to people you are chatting with.  Read receipts don’t begin until you accept a message, and don’t apply to InMail messages. You can control read receipts in the Communications section of the Settings menu.  Whether you’re messaging for work or for social networking, everyone wants to know if and when a message has been received and read. LinkedIn makes knowing this relatively easy – the professional social network features read receipts that indicate when a message has been opened. But you’re not forced to use read receipts; if you’d rather keep private whether you’ve read someone’s message, you can disable read receipts.  How read receipts work on LinkedInBy default read receipts are enabled on LinkedIn, meaning other people can see when you open and read ordinary direct messages. In addition to read receipts, users can see a typing indicator when you are actively typing a reply to an existing message thread. There are a couple of exceptions. Even with read receipts turned on, users only see receipts within an active conversation – there is no read receipt until you initially accept a message request. In addition, LinkedIn doesn’t display read receipts or typing…
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