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Nice, but I could have sworn bit.ly and other link shorteners also do this.

For instance, it tells me how many times it's been opened / clicked.

But are you trying to tell me, THIS PERSON clicked it? Vs, how many clicks it received.

Just curious on the difference?

Thanks for the comment. So with Readdis I can send a link out to my team in preparation for a meeting, and before the meeting, I can check who (which user) has read it, who hasn't, and take the appropriate action (ie. send a reminder). I find bit.ly is made for mass sharing where you make a post and there's very little feedback on the people consuming it. All you really know is how many people click on it. What I am trying to do with Readdis is make it more like real life sharing where you know who's consuming it, when, and take action accordingly (which is what the instant notification and weekly updates are trying to do).

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