Facebook is Turning Off Messaging in Its Main App to Force Users Onto Facebook Messenger

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Posted April 9, 2014 at 11:17pm by iClarified

Facebook is turning off messaging in its main app to force users onto the FaceBook Messenger app, notes TechCrunch.

Notifications about the change are going out to some users in Europe starting today, and they’ll have about two weeks and see multiple alerts before the requirement to download Messenger kicks in. Eventually, all Facebook users will get migrated to this new protocol. And you can bet some users are going to be angry.

When asked for comment, Facebook referred to Zuckerberg's comment on the matter back in November:

“the other thing that we’re doing with Messenger is making it so once you have the standalone Messenger app, we are actually taking messaging out of the main Facebook app. And the reason why we’re doing that is we found that having it as a second-class thing inside the Facebook app makes it so there’s more friction to replying to messages, so we would rather have people be using a more focused experience for that.”

How do you feel about the change? Do you use the main Facebook app for messaging?

You can download Facebook Messenger from the App Store for free.

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Facebook is Turning Off Messaging in Its Main App to Force Users Onto Facebook Messenger

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JamesHoyland23 - June 12, 2014 at 10:50pm

WHO HERE IS GETTING SOO ANNOYED BY SHITTY FACEBOOK REMINDING US TO INSTALL THEIR SHITE MESSENGER APP AND FACEBOOK FORCING US TO USE IT WHEN THEY CANT FORCE US TO.

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Coolflex - April 12, 2014 at 1:24pm

Bad move, Facebook should have done the homework and took a survey and asked the people first before doing that. If it aint broke, don't fix it.

RR - April 11, 2014 at 3:42am

Sick! Maybe to show Ads on messenger too.

Steven - April 11, 2014 at 2:34am

So another icon on my screen another app to update and so on and on its stupid build one app and keep it simple

jp - April 10, 2014 at 6:50pm

Haven't you notice allready!! Have you forgotten that there is another app called whatsapp that is owned by Facebook :)

ipadguy - April 10, 2014 at 2:12pm

Thank you that's one more well said reason why this is stupid of Facebook

ipadguy - April 10, 2014 at 2:00pm

I don't us an iPhone i use a iPad so they're forcing me to use a lesser app to message on Facebook it's a bad move I just won't message

Dommm - April 10, 2014 at 7:12am

Does this include iPad?

Alex - April 10, 2014 at 5:26am

What is the difference between tapping on the chat head or tapping on 'Messenger' button to switch to the app ? I mean, besides that it opens a different app, it's the same. Also, battery life is improved, because background (news feed or other feed) refreshes while a chathead is open.

BobLancaster - April 10, 2014 at 1:19am

Funny how upset people get over Facebook, get over it, its not life or death...

gamerscul9870 - April 10, 2014 at 1:39am

How can we get over something that's separate. Keep switching from here to there like it's all one app.

ipadguy - April 10, 2014 at 2:05pm

Nobody's acting like it's life or death it's just inconvenient for some people, Facebook should give you the choice!

Raul - April 10, 2014 at 12:31am

You are doing it wrong fb. Thats as bullshit as it could be.

gamerscul9870 - April 9, 2014 at 11:51pm

Since you have to friend people to write a post to ask them something, unless they aren't friends, my only way was to message them to do it but now I have to ask them by using another app? Is facecrook losing their mind?

Bessy - April 9, 2014 at 11:50pm

Their main focus is to keep people in touch, people like mark zuckenberg have their own strategy and unique way of making things. So all we have to do is go with the flow.

ipadguy - April 10, 2014 at 2:11pm

Yeah go with the flow everybody wants two apps running at one time doing the same thing, it's convenient to have one more app in the background running your battery a little harder in your RAM

Blakeich - April 9, 2014 at 11:22pm

I use the app but only because it forces me to. However I just think it is stupid having a seperate app for messaging when people normally build apps that do things in one.

Yeah it's like backwards multitasking

gamerscul9870 - April 9, 2014 at 11:21pm

First they buy oculus, then they eliminate messaging? I don't want separate apps, I want features without switching to a different app. It's like separating the store from angry birds friends and you'll find it in another app to do it. I might switch to twitter since it's now as simple as Facebook.

Guy - April 9, 2014 at 11:52pm

Not true. Twitter has messaging built in. Hahaha!

gamerscul9870 - April 9, 2014 at 11:55pm

Not what I meant. I meant the interface and organization.

ipadguy - April 10, 2014 at 2:15pm

Yeah he's agreeing with you it was a joke... Twitter changed the way they do it, its more like FB. Well about to change it