Is there an inbox on Facebook?

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How do you find your inbox on Facebook?
How do you set up inbox on Facebook?
What happened Facebook inbox?
Why can't I see my Facebook inbox?

You might have heard that there is a somewhat unknown Facebook inbox where potentially scads of filtered messages go to die. It turns out, there are actually two. Here’s how to make sure you’re getting all your messages.

Things change, and with it, Facebook. Just a short time ago, the Internet was abuzz over a “hidden” and “secret” inbox that held a trove of lost messages. But, just like the 24-hour news cycle, things are different now. The old method has now apparently been replaced by a much more streamlined, less hidden way…but there are still lots of messages you may not realize you’re getting.

One of the most immediate methods to get to the filtered inbox is to click on the message icon at the top of the Facebook homepage and then click ‘Message Requests”.

The “Message Requests” inbox will show you a whole new set of messages you may or may not have seen–usually from people who aren’t your friends. You might be surprised at what you find in there. Or, you may have already known about this, and have been checking that inbox for awhile.

However, there’s even more. click “See filtered requests” to see a whole, third set of messages that have been filtered by Facebook for whatever reason.

Alternatively, from your inbox, click the “More” button at the top and from the dropdown menu, click “Filtered”.

That’s it, you’re then swooshed to your filtered messages inbox, which are just messages from people who aren’t your friends, wishing to initiate a conversation with you. Of course, you never know, you might discover a long lost rich uncle or an old flame hidden among the masses.

If you’re using the Facebook messaging app, then you can get to your filtered inbox by tapping on the “Settings” icon.

On your iPhone or iPad, it will look like this.

On Android it will look like this.

On either platform, you want to tap “People” and then on the resulting screen, tap “Message Requests” to see the first set of “hidden” messages. Scroll to the bottom and choose “See Filtered Requests” to see even more. Again, all those long lost filtered messages will be revealed and you can attend to them if you want.

So, there you have it. All the latest ways you can access your filtered messages inbox. As you can see, it’s not really that hard to find, but that doesn’t mean everyone is going to necessarily know it exists, especially if you only use the Messenger app rather than the actual Facebook website. Hat tip to Hello Giggles for sharing this tip on their blog.

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Just under two years ago, Facebook introduced a web interface for its private chat application, Messenger. Now, Facebook is integrating that same web app into the desktop version of Facebook, where it replaces the older messaging experience.

The change has been spotted by a number of users in multiple markets – including TechCrunch staff in the U.S. and Europe – which hinted it was more than a small-scale “test.”

Facebook did not make a formal announcement about the change. However, in the comments of a post by Facebook head David Marcus, he’s responding to a lot of feedback about the new upgrade to Messenger within Facebook, and summarized Facebook’s response in this comment.

Some users, of course, are demanding the old Inbox be returned. (After all, it seems like every Facebook change must be rebelled against at launch.)

If you’ve been upgraded to the new Messenger interface on Facebook.com, you’ll notice a few subtle changes to the user interface, when accessed from the desktop.

For starters, the previous inbox icon has been replaced with the Messenger icon in the blue navigation bar at the top of the screen.

When clicked, you’re taken to a revamped inbox that looks like what you’d see if you had visited Messenger.com directly.

Here, the left side of the screen reads “Messenger” above the list of those friends you had recently chatted with, while the center of the now three-paned interface will display the content of the currently selected chat session.

The right-hand side of the screen introduces something new, too, as it displays the name of your friend in the selected chat, when they were recently active, and provides access to other Messenger features.

This includes the ability to search the conversation, edit nicknames, change the chat’s color, change emoji, and mute notifications. There’s also a link to the person’s Facebook profile, for easy access, and below that, are the photos you and the friend have shared in Messenger.

Meanwhile, at the top-right of the screen, there are buttons to initiate a call, video call, as well as an “i” icon in a rounded blue button that will hide the right-hand informational panel from the screen.

Other Messenger options are tucked away under the Settings icon on the top-left, including access to your “Message Requests” (the replacement for that hard-to-find “Other” inbox), Archived threads, a list of Active Contacts, and more.

Facebook has long approached Messenger with a different strategy on mobile, than it has on the web. On mobile devices, it pushed users away from the web version of Messenger and to the dedicated mobile app.

But on the desktop, the web version of Messenger was designed as a complementary counterpart to Facebook’s top-ranking mobile Messenger application. It offered a way to keep up with your friends without being distracted by Facebook’s News Feed and other notifications. (Facebook has even dabbled with building a native Mac app for Messenger.)

The change to Facebook.com’s messaging experience comes on the same day that Facebook’s David Marcus made a series of announcements about what we can expect from Messenger over the course of 2017.

The service, which now has over a billion users, has seen a number of updates in recent months, the post noted, including the addition of visual and expressive features to rival Snapchat, like masks, effects and stickers, as well as the addition of Group Video Chat, Games, a platform for businesses, and more.

As for what’s next, Marcus was light on specifics, but noted that the company planned to launch a directory of bots and would help developers build on top of the Messenger platform using technologies like A.I. Overall, the post implies Facebook wants to make Messenger thought of as more than a chat app, but a social network of its own.

How do you find your inbox on Facebook?

Tap in the top right of Facebook. Tap Pages, then go to your Page. Tap Inbox at the top of the Page.

How do you set up inbox on Facebook?

Click on Inboxes on the left menu and Add an individual inbox or Add a team inbox, depending on which space you're in. Fill out the name and description of your inbox. Click Create.

What happened Facebook inbox?

Why can't I see my Facebook inbox?

If you can't see your messages or you're getting a “No internet Connection” error, you can try: Updating to the latest version of Messenger. Quitting and reopening the Messenger app. Checking your Wi-Fi or internet connection.