Facebook killing off ‘Other Inbox’ feature

Facebook is getting rid of the “Other Inbox” service, a holding place for messages from strangers, and replacing it with a new Message Request feature.

By:AFP
| Updated on: Oct 31 2015, 16:32 IST
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Facebook Message Request (AFP)

Facebook is getting rid of the "Other Inbox" service, a holding place for messages from strangers, and replacing it with a new Message Request feature.

Widely criticized for being dysfunctional, the tool will be scrapped and instead streamlined into Messenger.

That means that messages from non-Facebook friends will land in a Message Request category that will appear either at the top of Messenger mobile or in the Messages tab on the web, explains TechCrunch.

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The idea is that users won't miss out on any messages they may have overlooked because they were languishing in the hidden, seldom looked-at "Other Inbox."

Or as TechCrunch describes it, the place where messages from strangers went to die.

Users will see the public info of a sender's profile such as their name, photo, city and job.

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First Published Date: 29 Oct, 13:52 IST
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