A glance doesn’t mean an understanding.
On Facebook Messenger, by default, has read receipts.
A read receipt is a notification to the sender of a message that the receiver saw it. While this has some practical applications (say certified mail), having this as a default has a profound psychological result.
When something is “seen” with no response, we create opinions.
“Creating” isn’t good because we default to negative, which means terrible ideas.
Ideas like:
- That person doesn’t like me.
- They don’t care about what I have to say.
- Maybe my opinion wasn’t necessary.
We internalize those ideas, and they turn into feelings.
The negative feelings start small and then grow into something uglier later.
The good news is that by reading this, you are aware.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 