# Manage messaging signals without treating silence as an answer

Original constructed teaching cases, not real accounts, participants or customers.

## Case 1

M1 — Constructed no-receipt case: a sent message has no read photo and the relevant receipt state is unknown. Decision: record “no read indicator observed,” not “ignored” or “unread.” Result: message acceptance and understanding remain unknown; no repeat contact is needed to manufacture a receipt.

## Case 2

M2 — Constructed privacy review: a member hides active status but still has delivery/typing indicators enabled. Decision: inspect both controls and choose each intended disclosure separately. Result: two saved preference observations, not a contradiction or proof that hiding active status failed.

## Case 3

M3 — Constructed message-type exception: an InMail sender sees no read receipt. Decision: apply the source’s InMail boundary rather than diagnose the recipient’s interest from the missing signal. Result: no invented rejection, read time or permission to pursue the person elsewhere.