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Whether it's simply saying no to a friend I don't want to drink 40 beers with on a Wednesday night, or letting that guy who live-tweeted our date know that I'm not interested in seeing him again, I can't just pretend like I moved to an off-the-grid strawbale home in Michigan. Once again: accountability.

Communicating with people in a timely, respectful manner feels good, man. I won't leave people hanging, so the idea is that hopefully people won't leave me hanging either. I don't actually know if this works or not though, because everyone I talk to keeps their read receipts off. Let's change that! If you have iOS 10 which you really should by now you can also turn read receipts on for specific people by going to their contact info and toggling on Send Read Receipts.

Read receipts force you to be an honest, accountable, grown-ass person. They also save you time and needless fretting over your response. The person you're texting will be relieved of "are you ignoring me" anxiety. It's impossible to ghost. I want reciprocity, people. Carrie Dennis works for Thrillist and is trying to be the change she wishes to see in the world. Follow her on Twitter CarrrieDennnis. Make Fun. In an email, a spokeswoman said that after looking through the World Wide Developer's Conference keynotes, she couldn't find verbal mention of the phrase.

She was unable to point in one direction or the other. The debate seemed to sink into a stalemate. It included some cool new specs, he said, including "delivery receipts, so you can see if it's been delivered to the other person's device.

Of course, this is just Scott Forstall's pronunciation, and it doesn't necessarily mean that it's his way or the highway. Just like in the debate over GIF with a hard or soft "G," one person's authoritative opinion doesn't automatically mean that everyone else is wrong.

Most people turn them off. Surely, by turning mine on, my friends would dump me, my family would write me out of their will, and the robots that send my Amazon shipping updates would ghost me the horror! Was I being dramatic? But just a little dramatic. People truly did take offense at my newly minted receipts. It was as if Uncle SMS was watching over my shoulder. I texted my sister Rory the most multiple times each day, seven days a week , so she had a lot to say about my new read receipts.

She replied: "Who are you trying to piss off? On one hand, you could make the same argument about someone who takes forever to answer even without the time stamp. Our phones are basically appendages at this point, after all. Chances are, we read messages that come through pretty darn quickly. A read receipt is something more though. It's visual confirmation that someone's there—at the other end of the line—and decided not to answer you. It's the texting version of giving someone the "silent treatment.

I love you! I'm sorry! Over the course of the week, two other friends reacted similarly.