Why It’s Important to Check ALL of Your Facebook Inboxes

In attempts to limit the amount of spam you get, Facebook has another folder of your message where all messages that Facebook perceives to be spammy are kept. It’s called “Message Requests” and you can think of it as basically a spam folder.

While a lot of times the filters do a pretty good job at recognizing spam, sometimes a genuinely good messages end up there as well. Particularly this happens when you are not connected with that person.

Why care? If you’re using Facebook for business, you’ll understand. For example, I use the platform to find new connections and collaborate. It is apparent that since new potential connections are not connections just yet, a lot of them land in my “Message Requests” folder. Another situation is when people from my Facebook groups are trying to message me and it looks like I am ignoring them (I don’t!).

Go on. Log in to your account, click on Messages icon and next to “recent,” you’ll see “Message Requests.” Now click on “See filtered requests.” Be prepared to get furious about the amount of potential opportunities you (almost) missed out on. Maybe not everything is bad though, but a lot of people do get mad.

The previous method works on the desktop. What if you are on the phone? I got you! Go to Messenger app and click on the Settings button (the one that looks like a gearwheel). From there, go to “People” and “Message Requests.” Scroll to the very bottom of the page and there you’ll find a “ See filtered requests.” And that’s how you check all of your Facebook inboxes!

Once you respond to those messages, they usually automatically get moved to your regular inbox. However, the need to get into habit of checking the folder at least once every few days is apparent. If you are an active member of Facebook groups, you absolutely have to check that folder!

This is not to say that every message in that folder is important. Again, a lot of times Facebook is pretty accurate at filtering scam and spam.

This article was originally published on The Social Media Current.