Facebook to Show Ads on Messenger to Bolster Revenue Growth

Re:Facebook to Show Ads on Messenger to Bolster Revenue Growth by osrec on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @05:58PM (#14748445)

I tried, but the birthday notifications kept coming (Galaxy Note 4). Then started the "Person A has posted after a long time", or the even more general "Person A has uploaded a photo". Each time, my mental response to each notification was "So what?!"

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Re:Facebook to Show Ads on Messenger to Bolster Revenue Growth by vosper on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @06:10PM (#14748523)

In defence of "Person A has posted after a long time", that might be a good indicator that they've posted something important, or interesting enough to get them onto Facebook to share it. At a guess I'd probably rather see these than the usual spam from the really active people.

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Re:Facebook to Show Ads on Messenger to Bolster Revenue Growth by Simulacra on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @08:03PM (#14749129)

I haven't used the app in a long time.. did they get rid of chat heads? That drove me off completely.

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Re:Facebook to Show Ads on Messenger to Bolster Revenue Growth by JonRB on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @08:10PM (#14749162)

I hated them and can confirm they're optional (at least on android)

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