Facebook New: notify messages also from “non-friends” – The Daily

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As reported by the deputy chairman of Facebook Messenger David Marcus , as of today the instant messaging application of social network introduces a new feature that allows all users to use the app to contact any person registered in Facebook without the need to be friends.

This update will indeed You can contact all members knowing only the name and surname. The messages from contacts that we have between friends will be notified between the “ Requests Messages , or” on the web interface is that the application “ Messenger “, and who He receives will learn first name, city, work and mutual friends of the sender, and then decide whether to respond, thus continuing the conversation between regular messages, or ignore the message, hiding among the requests as spam folder. “ Forget the numbers. While this might seem like a small change, it is actually a very exciting development. , “said David Marcus, head of Facebook messaging.

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Among the most mysterious and hated by users of Facebook is one of the “ Another Folder “, set up to receive messages of” not friends “, and eventually become a container of spam messages or maybe important but beds with months of delay. Given the impracticality of the function, for example accessible only to those who access from the desktop, the social network has decided to eliminate it and replace it with the “ Requests Post “, a new system that wants to connect more than 1.5 billion users by eliminating all barriers.

However, it also said that the “ Requests posts , or” at least one critical aspect. While it appears to be a powerful tool, able to facilitate communication between users, for example by avoiding losing important messages and also offering an effective opportunity for contact between a company and its customers, on the other hand it is rather invasive , mainly because it forces users to receive requests to which may not be interested. The privacy it appears in short overshadow, in favor of greater interactivity between subscribers. While not clarifying all doubts in this regard Facebook still wanted to say, you will have complete control over applications.

The new feature, surely inspired by the characteristics of some chat, will increase the potential Messanger, the mobile app installed on about 600 million devices that is turning into a true independent platform that can compete with messaging app as Line or wechat and the same WhatsApp property Facebook.

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