Facebook Kills Off Other Messages Inbox Feature

Do you know that you have not one, but two Messages inbox folders on your Facebook account? If not, you would not be missing it, as the social media giant purportedly killed the feature.

According to Facebook Messenger boss David Marcus, the company decided to ditch the feature in favor of installing a new feature called “Message Requests.”

Business Insider said “Message Requests” will have users receive a message request notification from a person outside their social network via its main inbox. The users then will have the option to accept or ignore the request, much like in the “Add Friend” feature.

“We truly want to make Messenger the place where you can find and privately connect with anyone you need to reach, but only be reached by the people you want to communicate with. Now, the only thing you need to talk to virtually anyone in the world, is their name. As a result of these changes, we’re removing the “Other Folder” that was only accessible from the web, and are enabling you to accept or ignore new requests without the requestor knowing you’ve read their message,” Marcus said in a post.