<story><title>Facebook now informs the sender if you&apos;ve read their message</title><url>https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=316575021742112#How-do-I-know-if-a-friend-has-seen-a-message-I-sent?</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>mikeleeorg</author><text>Here&apos;s a way to get around letting Facebook know you&apos;ve read someone&apos;s message:&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m one of those people who likes the little red notifications showing when I&apos;ve received a FB message. I don&apos;t check FB&apos;s messages often, so without that notification, I forget to follow up on FB messages.&lt;p&gt;My work-around is to have FB send me an email notification whenever someone writes me a message via FB. Then I read that message in my email reader instead of through the FB UI.&lt;p&gt;I also have all email images turned off for performance and privacy reasons.&lt;p&gt;It seems to me you could do this too, and avoid having FB inform the sender that you&apos;ve read their message.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>okamiueru</author><text>Wasn&apos;t there a post on FB using some kind of hidden sound file, which bypasses the &quot;don&apos;t show images&quot; protection?&lt;p&gt;Edit: Yes, here we go: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pandodaily.com/2012/03/06/facebook-knows-when-you-open-their-emails-how-creepy-silent-sounds/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://pandodaily.com/2012/03/06/facebook-knows-when-you-ope...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook now informs the sender if you&apos;ve read their message</title><url>https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=316575021742112#How-do-I-know-if-a-friend-has-seen-a-message-I-sent?</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>mikeleeorg</author><text>Here&apos;s a way to get around letting Facebook know you&apos;ve read someone&apos;s message:&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m one of those people who likes the little red notifications showing when I&apos;ve received a FB message. I don&apos;t check FB&apos;s messages often, so without that notification, I forget to follow up on FB messages.&lt;p&gt;My work-around is to have FB send me an email notification whenever someone writes me a message via FB. Then I read that message in my email reader instead of through the FB UI.&lt;p&gt;I also have all email images turned off for performance and privacy reasons.&lt;p&gt;It seems to me you could do this too, and avoid having FB inform the sender that you&apos;ve read their message.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gaving</author><text>Here&apos;s another way to get around letting Facebook know you&apos;ve read someone&apos;s message:&lt;p&gt;Delete your facebook account.</text></comment>