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06-21-2017, 09:12 PM
How Facebook Messenger bots are driving social change around the world
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You could say Facebook Messenger was once the social network's most loathed feature. In 2014, the company forced users to download a separate app if they wanted to send and receive messages on their phones, and as a result, Messenger rose to **. 1 in the App Store—but with a dismal one-star rating (http://mashable.com/2014/08/08/facebook-messenger-bad-reviews/).
Fast forward three years, and you still need to download the app (sorry). But Messenger has evolved, updated with shiny new features (http://mashable.com/2017/04/18/facebook-messenger-platform-2-0/), a discover tab, advanced functionality, and a streamlined desktop version. And while it isn't perfect, it has become something **ne of us expected: an actual force for social good around the globe. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/21/facebook-messenger-bots-social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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You could say Facebook Messenger was once the social network's most loathed feature. In 2014, the company forced users to download a separate app if they wanted to send and receive messages on their phones, and as a result, Messenger rose to **. 1 in the App Store—but with a dismal one-star rating (http://mashable.com/2014/08/08/facebook-messenger-bad-reviews/).
Fast forward three years, and you still need to download the app (sorry). But Messenger has evolved, updated with shiny new features (http://mashable.com/2017/04/18/facebook-messenger-platform-2-0/), a discover tab, advanced functionality, and a streamlined desktop version. And while it isn't perfect, it has become something **ne of us expected: an actual force for social good around the globe. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/21/facebook-messenger-bots-social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Social Good (http://mashable.com/social-good/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Facebook Messenger (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-messenger/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Bots (http://mashable.com/category/bots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Facebook Messenger Bots (http://mashable.com/category/facebook-messenger-bots/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/ZDUjAJz-uDU