It’s because they are using privacy options on facebook where any unknown person can’t send and message. You have to add them as friends first. Once they accept your friend request then you can communicate through messages.
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What does it mean when it says contact on Facebook?
This means that users will be able to chat with their contacts through Messenger without being friends on Facebook.Once you add a contact, you can then text that person on Messenger. The app will prompt you to add the contact to your friends list, but you can choose not to.
How do I change a contact from Facebook to a message?
From Chats, tap your profile picture in the top left. From the menu, tap Privacy. Tap Message Delivery. Tap on the people you want to control messages for.
Why am I friends with someone on Facebook but can’t message them?
Message Filtering
You can send a message to anyone on Facebook, regardless of friend status or privacy settings. The only exception applies to members you’ve blocked and those who’ve blocked you.
How do you know if someone deactivated Messenger?
If you see “This Content Isn’t Available Right Now” (or similar) instead of their profile, and their profile photo in Messenger was a gray placeholder icon, they haven’t blocked you—they’ve deactivated their account (or it was deleted by Facebook).
How do you know if you are connected to someone on Messenger?
It’s near the top of the screen. This displays a list of everyone who’s active on Messenger. If a friend is online, you’ll see a green circle on top of their profile image.
What happens when someone blocks you on Facebook?
When someone blocks you on Facebook they effectively become invisible to you on the site or app – they disappear online. You will not be able to view their profile, send a friend request, send a message, comment or see what they have commented anywhere on Facebook if they have blocked you.
Who can message me on Facebook Messenger 2020?
By default, anyone who has a Facebook profile is allowed to send you a message, even if he’s not on your friend list. If you receive too many unwanted messages from non-friends, change your privacy settings so that only your confirmed friends are allowed to send a message.
Who can contact me on Messenger?
Go to privacy settings. You might need to sign in with your Microsoft account. Under Who can contact me, use the sliders to select a level— No one, Some Messenger friends, All Messenger friends, Messenger friends and their friends, or Everyone.
How do I get messages from Facebook Messenger?
#1: Enable Messages on Your Page
To turn on Messenger for your page, go to Messages under General Settings and then click Edit. Select the option to allow messages to your page, and click Save Changes. Be sure to enable Messenger so customers and prospects can contact you.
Why can’t I contact someone on Messenger?
In order to call or receive calls from anyone on Messenger, you need to invite their friendship and/or accept their requests to be your friends. Only after mutually accepted each other can you then call and message each other for free at any time after you have logged into FB.
What happens if you message someone who doesn’t have Messenger?
Yes. You can send messages to people who have Facebook and Instagram accounts but don’t have the Messenger app on their phone. They’ll be able to see your messages or calls when they log into Facebook on their computer.
What does a deactivated Facebook look like?
What does a deactivated Facebook account look like? You won’t be able to check their profile because links revert to plain text. Posts they’ve made on your timeline will still exist but you will not be able to click on their name.
What does a deactivated Facebook account look like to friends?
When account holders deactivate their accounts, they “become invisible.” They no longer appear on others’ lists of friends, nor can others “unfriend” them. And, as the paper notes, “Facebook provides no notification about the activation or deactivation of friends to its users.”
Can someone tell if I look at their Facebook page a lot?
“Facebook users cannot track who has viewed their personal homepage. Third-party applications also cannot provide this feature.”This doesn’t mean your activity on Facebook is private from everyone. Facebook is free for a reason.
How can I tell if my partner is messaging in secret on messenger?
You are able to have both a normal Facebook messenger conversation as well as a Secret Conversation with the same person. A padlock icon is displayed next to the person’s profile picture to tell you if a conversation is ‘Secret’.
Why Facebook is connected people from each other?
Facebook was built to bring people closer together and build relationships. One of the ways we do this is by connecting people to meaningful posts from their friends and family in News Feed.
How can you tell on Facebook who has unfriended you?
There’s an official way and an unofficial way. Choose a prior year on your Facebook Timeline and click on the number of friends you connected with that year in the Friends box. Click on the “Made x New Friends” list – anyone with an Add Friend link next to their name either unfriended you, or you unfriended them.
How do I stop non friends from messaging me on Messenger?
On Facebook: Open a chat with the person > Click their name in the top left > Choose “Mute conversation,” “Ignore messages,” or “Block.” (Those instructions are for a web browser. You can also block someone by going to their page in the app.)
Are Facebook Messenger messages private?
According to Facebook, Messenger uses the same secure communications protocols as banking and shopping sites.The messages are end-to-end encrypted, which means not even Facebook can access them.
Can a Facebook page message a person?
Yes, but only to Facebook users that have messaged your Page first. These messages appear in your Inbox. You will not be able to send a message to a user that hasn’t messaged your Page first, even if they have liked your Page.