Whenever you receive a message on Facebook and read it, a notification appears in the sender's chat box saying that you have seen the message. It says “Read”, followed by the time your message was seen at by clicking here of Facebook or through one of its applications Facebook.
The feature may be useful sometimes, but some users may prefer to exclude it. Perhaps someone wants to feel no pressure on when to answer the message, or anyway the sender does not want the sender to see the message read.
Facesnoop is a new program extension browsing Google Chrome blocking the “Read” notification feature in Facebook messages. While you can read all your messages and senders will not receive notifications that you have read them.
The extension of Google Chrome Facesnoop it works very easily. Just install it and it will be activated immediately when you are on Facebook.
Note that this will only work on Facebook opened in Chrome as long as the extension is installed. If you access Facebook in another way, for example, with mobile you, read below.
A similar extension that is also available for Google Chrome is Facebook Chat Privacy. Suspends any "Read" notification as well as the "Type" notification.
A cross-browser extension is Social Reviver. It is available for Firefox, Opera and Chrome and can be used to customize Facebook features. One of characteristics what it offers is that it blocks read receipts on the webpage.
Mobile Devices
If you use Facebok with a portable device, you can find the following applications useful.
The Privy Chat for facebook is an Android application that provides you with options to read Facebook messages, without being marked as read there so the sender will not see "Read."
The unread it is a program for Apple's iOS. It has the same functionality so you can read your messages without revealing to the sender that you have read them.
Exclude proofs of reading by hand
If you use the adblocker extension or another extension that supports custom filters, you can block the URL facebook.com/ajax/mercury/change_read_status.php used by the social network for sending reader testimonials.
Let's say Facebok can change the way it detects and supports reader notification alerts. It is recommended that you try immediately after installing the above functionality to make sure that the solution you have selected works as advertised.
