Facebook racks up 500 million Messenger users after making people use Messenger<article>
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Facebook’s move to spin off messages into a separate app was an unpopular one, but a success nonetheless. Facebook Messenger now has
500 million monthly active users, more than doubling the size of its
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Facebook has added several features to make Messenger more appealing in recent months, including group conversations.</p></figcaption>
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During that time, Facebook cut off access to in-app chat and began
requiring users to install Messenger to send, receive, and read messages, which explains the sudden spike. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that people use Facebook Messenger in different
ways than they use WhatsApp, the company’s other messaging app. Between Messenger and WhatsApp, Facebook’s messaging services now have more than a billion
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Facebook racks up 500 million Messenger users after making people use Messenger
