Facebook does / doesnt message

[DelJo63]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and Truth may / may not be provided from your RSS news source.

Case in point:
posted on April 23, 2014 at 7:22pm EDT
http://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/facebook-now-rules-instant-messaging

All combined, that’s somewhere approaching 1 billion aggregate users opening, connecting, and messaging with Facebook-owned applications. That’s nearly one billion users spending valuable time in Facebook-owned apps, instead of competitors’, which makes Facebook one of, if not the formidable force in one of the internet’s most consistently vital technologies: messaging.

And the contrary view By waladanidials Published: Thursday, April 17, 2014, 10:12 am
http://fox10tv.com/2014/04/17/fb-eliminating-instant-messaging/

Facebook is eliminating instant messaging for mobile and tablet users. If you want to chat with friends you’ll have to download messenger, the texting app Facebook rolled out in 2011. In an e-mail, a company spokesperson says the change will give users a faster and better experience. Once installed, tapping the “message” icon on the Facebook app will simply send the user to messenger. They’ll be able to return via a “return to Facebook” icon.