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I useful Facebook lightly/moderately, but I uninstalled its app from my phone a long time ago, initially because it was a battery sucking monster, but also beca

I useful Facebook lightly/moderately, but I uninstalled its app from my phone a long time ago, initially because it was a battery sucking monster, but also because it didn't 'feel' right. These days, I pretty much don't install apps on my phone. I just use it as an everywhere web browser and live with the web version of various things.

codazoda 10y ago
I also use their web app, which means I can no longer access the private messages people send me. Sometimes it tells me I've got a new message. Friends, I'm sorry that I'm ignoring you, but I'm not installing the battery sucking privacy steeling app that is required to view those messages. Wish I could disable the ability for people to send me private messages so they would get a notice instead of thinking I'm an a-hole.
- c22 10y ago
  I had this problem for awhile. Now I'm using mbasic.facebook.com for a much more functional experience.
  - Diederich 10y ago
    I will give that a try, thanks!
- Diederich 10y ago
  Yes, this is the big downside. My 'SLA' for facebook messages is about 24 hours, and people who send me things there learn that over time. I generally just tell them why I don't see their messages right away. In general, I make a point of not being too responsive with any online/async notification systems, except for SMS. It's one way I keep myself from being so scattered.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > I also use their web app, which means I can no longer access the private messages people send me. You could actually do that through the Facebook.com web interface much longer than you could through the FB mobile app. Of course, you can still do it on the web, though it's a separate domain (just as, on mobile, it's a separate app.) But since they really want you to use the Messenger mobile app, to use the web interface on mobile you have to use "Request desktop site".
- shalmanese 10y ago
  If you go to messenger.com and select Request Desktop Site, you can get a web version of messenger which is tolerably ok to use.

codazoda 10y ago

I also use their web app, which means I can no longer access the private messages people send me. Sometimes it tells me I've got a new message. Friends, I'm sorry that I'm ignoring you, but I'm not installing the battery sucking privacy steeling app that is required to view those messages. Wish I could disable the ability for people to send me private messages so they would get a notice instead of thinking I'm an a-hole.

c22 10y ago
I had this problem for awhile. Now I'm using mbasic.facebook.com for a much more functional experience.
- Diederich 10y ago
  I will give that a try, thanks!
Diederich 10y ago
Yes, this is the big downside. My 'SLA' for facebook messages is about 24 hours, and people who send me things there learn that over time. I generally just tell them why I don't see their messages right away. In general, I make a point of not being too responsive with any online/async notification systems, except for SMS. It's one way I keep myself from being so scattered.
dragonwriter 10y ago
> I also use their web app, which means I can no longer access the private messages people send me. You could actually do that through the Facebook.com web interface much longer than you could through the FB mobile app. Of course, you can still do it on the web, though it's a separate domain (just as, on mobile, it's a separate app.) But since they really want you to use the Messenger mobile app, to use the web interface on mobile you have to use "Request desktop site".
shalmanese 10y ago
If you go to messenger.com and select Request Desktop Site, you can get a web version of messenger which is tolerably ok to use.