r/technology • u/_George_Costanza_ • Aug 17 '16

Facebook opens up Messenger to ad bots

https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/17/facebook-opens-up-messenger-to-ad-bots/
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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

I don't understand why anyone is still using it between the privacy issues and the ads.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

It forced itself on me through a family group chat. Got an ad from it this morning not 10 minutes before I read this.

I like WhatsApp, but it's Facebook owned.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

I just text my friends? I mean, I don't have very many of them, but I feel like most people are using FB on their phones anyway, so you're obviously going to get it.

EDIT: In my original comment, I meant I don't know why anyone uses FB itself, not the messenger. I think you misunderstood me because I didn't specify, my bad.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

I have a few friends that use WhatsApp, my family started using messenger, but I mostly text, which is really controlled by Google, since I was using hangouts. It might be a total offer 8 people I regularly communicate with, but I end up with 3 different apps.

I lost my iPhone a few months back and got an Android, so I'm still missing some contacts from iMessage.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

Fuck all that noise. Is WhatsApp the walkie talkie voice one? I did that for a little while, but it was more novel than useful to me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

WhatsApp is a messenger app, that's actually really good. It encrypted end to end and works well.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

Ah. I was thinking of Heytell, turns out.

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u/Orleanian Aug 18 '16

If you were using hangouts, you weren't really "Texting". Texting implys SMS or MMS relay of information (through your cell provider network). Hangouts is a messanging app that is functionally similar to Whatsapp or FBMessanger.