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Blueticks

@blueticksJoined July 2026

Maker of BlueTicks for Gmail: WhatsApp-style read receipts in Gmail

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BBlueticksblueticks.hashnode.dev7h ago · 7 min read

I searched for my own product name and got nine results. None of them were my product. Five were a dog

Naming advice is abundant and almost entirely theoretical. Check the trademark, check the domain, check if it is taken on the app stores, done. I did all of that. Then I measured what actually happens

BBlueticksblueticks.hashnode.dev1d ago · 5 min read

Three of my four image URLs returned 200 and served HTML. Nothing anywhere told me

I found this because an avatar was broken on a website I do not control. The site showed my initials in a grey circle instead of my logo, which is what every site does when an image fails. My first th

BBlueticksblueticks.hashnode.dev1d ago · 5 min read

The two tick model came from WhatsApp. Email only borrowed half of it

The two tick model came from WhatsApp. Email only borrowed half of it, and that half is the honest half Everyone who has used WhatsApp reads the ticks without thinking. One grey tick, it left your pho

BBlueticksblueticks.hashnode.dev1d ago · 6 min read

What Gmail's built-in read receipts actually give you, and what they do not

What Gmail's built-in read receipts actually give you, and what they do not If you have ever searched for how to tell whether someone read your email, you have probably landed on a page that answers a

BBlueticksblueticks.hashnode.dev3d ago · 3 min read

Read Receipts in Gmail Without Handing Over Your Inbox: How BlueTicks Works

Every popular Gmail read-receipt tool I tried had the same hidden cost: full OAuth access to my inbox. This post explains the technique behind email tracking, why most trackers over-ask on permissions

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I searched for my own product name and got nine results. None of them were my product. Five were a dog

Three of my four image URLs returned 200 and served HTML. Nothing anywhere told me

The two tick model came from WhatsApp. Email only borrowed half of it

What Gmail's built-in read receipts actually give you, and what they do not

Read Receipts in Gmail Without Handing Over Your Inbox: How BlueTicks Works

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Blueticks's blogs

Recently published

I searched for my own product name and got nine results. None of them were my product. Five were a dog

Three of my four image URLs returned 200 and served HTML. Nothing anywhere told me

The two tick model came from WhatsApp. Email only borrowed half of it

What Gmail's built-in read receipts actually give you, and what they do not

Read Receipts in Gmail Without Handing Over Your Inbox: How BlueTicks Works