Man whose date asked him to activate 'read receipts' on his phone after their first meeting [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | August 15, 2019 | Hayley Richardson

[C19fan]

Many of us choose to turn off the read receipts on our mobile phones to give us a better excuse for not immediately replying to messages.

After all, there's nothing worse than seeing that familiar blue double-tick on WhatsApp, or the iMessage timestamp pop up to indicate the person has received and read our text and actively chosen not to respond.

This is especially true when it comes to dating - but for one man from New York, being ghosted on this occasion would probably have been the preferable option.

Eric Dimitratos, 33, who works in digital marketing, shared a recent exchange he had with a man he went on a first date with on Twitter - and it's been branded 'horror film dating' by fellow tweeters.

[C19fan]

To be totally honest never heard of "Read Receipts" on social media platforms before.

[NorthMountain]

Eric Dimitratos, 33, who works in digital marketing, shared a recent exchange he had with a man he went on a first date with on Twitter

Faggotry is evil, disgusting, and creepy.

[ClearCase_guy]

A man goes on a date with a man and is shocked to find that his companion is a crazy person.

Me? Not so surprised.

[TexasGator]

Eric Dimitratos, 33, who works in digital marketing, shared a recent exchange he had with a man he went on a first date with on Twitter

[Ted Grant]

Amazing no lucky guy has snatched this little angel up already.

[fruser1]

Fag is as fag does.

[thoughtomator]

It’s an early feature of email from the 1980s or earlier that never went away.

Easy to get in trouble with those things - people tend to be offended by it.

[z3n]

First date, turn on read receitps... me? I would smile, look into their eyes just to confirm what is already becoming apparent, which is the self-justified conviction of someone who is manipulative, and then probably answer in the affirmative.

What I would be thinking, of course, “enjoy knowing when your texts are delivered, because there wont be many more of them”.

:D

[cuban leaf]

To be totally honest never heard of “Read Receipts” on social media platforms before.

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Me neither. I know it’s a feature in Outlook, but I turn it off.

Also, often I’ll read something and think I need to respond, but I wait, and then I completely forget about it, and since it’s no longer showing up as “unread”, I don’t see it any more.

[cuban leaf]

Eric Dimitratos, 33, who works in digital marketing, shared a recent exchange he had with a man he went on a first date with...

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Eric, you’re doing it wrong. If a guy wants to date other guys, he’s crazy. Stay away.

[Vipper]

I have this option on my text messages on my Iphone.

[chris37]

You send a text , then you patiently await a response.

If you send another text to the same person regarding a non-response, then you’re crazy, and are walking into stalker territory.

[JBW1949]

I don’t text...I don’t own a cell phone...I don’t answer the phone unless I recognize the number or the voice on the answering machine...

[thoughtomator]

You should turn it off. It gives other people information about you that they have no right to. If this feature has a benefit for the recipient, I can’t imagine what it would be.

[subterfuge]

Passing on this fag thread...

[MayflowerMadam]

Never heard of “read receipts”, either. And the homosexuals need to get their hearts right with God, change their wicked ways, and maybe they won’t meet so many weirdos. We all meet weirdos, but hopefully those are exceptions and not rules.

[I want the USA back]

What’s the point of the article?
To convince us that gay “dating “ is normal?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

A man goes on a date with a man and is shocked to find that his companion is a crazy person.

It's not like there's a shortage of crazy women, either. Anyone who asks something like this on a first date, the immediate response has to be "bye, gotta go".

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Never heard of “read receipts”, either.

If you use an iPhone, go to Settings->Messages. There's a slider button marked "Send Read Receipts" there. If it's on, people who send you a text message get a little notification when you read the message. I don't have my Android phone handy to check the location and name of the setting in the latest version of the OS.

[MayflowerMadam]

Oh, I get it. Like old MS Outlook’s “message delivered”, and “message read”. I though it had to do with receipts from a restaurant or shopping so the guy had info about the other guy’s finances. Guess I need to get with the program.

Since I’m still using an old BlackBerry Classic, I guess I won’t be doing that anytime soon.