Facebook Replacing ‘Other’ Folder With Message Requests

The infamous “Other” folder for messages on Facebook will soon be extinct, as the social network is rolling out a feature called Message Requests for its Messenger applications.

MessageRequestsTeaserThe infamous “Other” folder for messages on Facebook will soon be extinct, as the social network is rolling out a feature called Message Requests for its Messenger applications.

Vice president of messaging products David Marcus announced in a Facebook post that Message Requests will allow any Facebook user to attempt to communicate with any other Facebook user, regardless of whether they are connected.

Facebook users who receive messages from other users they are not connected with will have the option to accept or ignore those Message Requests.

Marcus wrote:

Forget phone numbers! Today, we’re excited to start rolling out Message Requests for Messenger.

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