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Which makes Facebook's case interesting, since you can't control through which UI your recipient will view your message. I once had to reconnect with someone w
by 2bitencryption 11y ago
Which makes Facebook's case interesting, since you can't control through which UI your recipient will view your message.
I once had to reconnect with someone whom I only know how to contact via Facebook, and sent an email-style message broken into a few short paragraphs. I did this in the "full screen" messages window, and later happened to view my sent message in the tiny chat box.
If I had received that huge message in a tiny chat box I would have had a very negative reaction: "Ugh, what does THIS guy want and what's he rambling about?"
- pilif 11y agoI haven't used facebook in s long time, but I would have said that messages posted on people's walls (the more emails looking screenshot) are different from Facebook messenger chat messages (the chat looking screenshot), so it's totally up to the user to decide which one is posted where. At least that was the case in 2011ish when I last used FB
- underwater 11y agoThe email style message view is the same chat content in a different UI. It's a full screen view that looks vaguely like Outlook - message threads are listed on the left and the majority of the screen is dedicated to reading the messages. It's much nicer to use for browsing your message history or writing something more detailed without having to mess around with tiny chat windows. There is also https://www.messenger.com/ https://www.messenger.com/, which is a similar UI but available as standalone site.
- twright0 11y agoMessages posted on people's walls are also public to all their friends, which I'm sure plays a larger role in reception than the UI they use to consume the message, and certainly influences what you're willing to say.