The Messenger App is now accessible to non-users of Facebook in selected countries. Today, the change can be seen in specific areas. The move is viewed by some as a ploy to increase in supporters. For others, regardless, it's a welcome change.
Social media giant Facebook boasts of over 1 billion users worldwide, and almost everyone has an account on the site. For some, it has become a daily routine to check and update their accounts, making it a virtual scrapbook of their lives. While some are keen on keeping and maintaining accounts, others are not so. We all know of ex-Facebook users or those who swore enmity against it, asserted to never make an account.
Facebook Messenger App comes hand-in-hand with it as its instant messaging service provider. It appeared that for you to be able to use Messenger, a Facebook account is required to access it. Now, with or without Facebook, Messenger App is made accessible to Android and iOS users. Just sign up like you would do in any other app and upon opening the app, you'll see the "Not on Facebook?" option. Click it, and you can sign up with your phone number, name, and picture.
Software engineer Louis Boval wrote on Facebook Newsroom that the change will be first seen in countries such as Canada, Venezuela, Peru, and the United States.
The change appears to be a move on expanding the Facebook demographic - with or without Facebook. The social media mogul's recent acquisition of What's App-also an instant messaging app-is seen by others as a ploy to attract more users.
With Messenger having 600 million users, its independence from Facebook points towards the same direction. And if your regular chatmates all have Facebook accounts, would you not eventually wind up making one for yourself?
Well, whatever that is, this is a welcome change. And sometimes, we all just want to chat without the scrolling ruckus ... and perhaps, enjoy our stickers.
