Facebook Messenger

Let’s talk about the Facebook Messenger App. We’re going to discuss what is the Facebook Messenger app? Is It Free To Use Facebook Messenger? Is it free to call on Facebook Messenger? We’ll also discuss the  with the Facebook Messenger privacy issues as well as downloading, installing and uninstalling the Messenger app. Also, we’ll offer up some tutorials for you to use when using the Facebook Messenger app. Lets start with a bit of Facebook history!

What is Facebook?

Founded in February 2004, Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people’s real-world social connections. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they know in a trusted environment. Facebook is a part of millions of people’s lives and half of the users return daily. Source: Freebase.

What is the Facebook Messenger App?

Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application which provides text and voice communication. Integrated with Facebook’s web-based Chat feature and built on the open MQTT protocol, Messenger lets Facebook users chat with friends both on mobile and on the main website. Facebook reported in November 2014 that Facebook Messenger has reached 500 million users. David A. Marcus heads Facebook Messenger and had joined Facebook on invitation of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. Source: Freebase.

Should I download the Facebook messenger app?

FOX21 News: While this sounds all well and good, Facebook has come under scrutiny for violating users privacy with the Facebook Messenger app. Luckily, there are many things that you can do to help protect yourself and your privacy when sing the app, the ultimate being uninstalling the app.

There’s been a lot of hype surrounding Facebook’s Messenger app, from serious privacy issues to it even possibly taking over your phone. So should you download Facebook Messenger App? FOX21 social media guru Trav Ruiz weighs in.

Facebook’s Messenger app raises red flags

CNET: Facebook users are in uproar over being forced to download a separate Messenger app to chat with friends. In this Inside Scoop, CNET.com Reporter Kara Tsuboi and Senior Writer Ian Sherr discuss privacy concerns, why Facebook is doing this in the first place, and ways to get around using Messenger.

The Truth About Facebook Messenger & How To FIX THE PROBLEM! / Prevent APP Permission Abuse!

EXOabigdeal: *EXPLICIT LANGUAGE* Facebook strikes again everyone! Please share this video with all your friends before downloading this app – After getting prompted to download the new “Messenger” app from Google Play, I did a little research and didnt’ like what I found, so I’m sharing a way to bypass all the outrageous permissions you have to agree to, and in the end we go through an easy method to prevent the app from ever accessing your phones utilities without you expressly running it YOURSELF!

How to appear offline on Facebook Messenger | Mobile App (Android & iPhone)

HowtoCreator: How to appear offline on Facebook Messenger (Android & Iphone)? Facebook messenger app is an amazing way to stay connected with our friends. When you log in to Facebook, you’ll be automatically be signed on to Facebook Messenger. If you want to keep your privacy, you can use the go offline on Facebook option on the chat menu of Facebook to hide your status.

If you face any problem in how to appear offline on Facebook Messenger mobile app or know any other methods, feel free to comment or contact us. If you like this video, share it with your friends.

Install the app and sign in to it using your Facebook ID or your phone number. Once you’re signed in, you can start chatting. Your chat history is all present and you will hardly notice that you aren’t using Messenger in your browser.

Strictly speaking and if you use Chrome, you can port Messenger as a Chrome app. With this app, there are two main advantages; the notifications for new messages are sent through the operating system’s own notification feature, and you can pin the app.

The ported desktop versions have the same features as the web based version but are far more convenient to use (especially if you sometimes accidentally close your browser window).

Here was my written guide on my other video:
So to all you people asking me “how to log out of the new Facebook messenger”, here’s a solution. If you are an android user, go to settings then Facebook messenger, then clear data. You should be logged out. I know this is actually a wierd method, but there is no default “log out button” in the app. All that aside, i am still using the old messenger, cause i think its better. Hope I helped :) Remember this only works on android and not for iOS or iPhone users.

HOW TO USE FACEBOOK CHAT WITHOUT THE NEW FACEBOOK MESSENGER!

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