Why does Facebook keep pushing me to sign up for "Messenger"?

[Ken Burch]

Every time I'm on there now, it keeps switching over to this alternate configuration that won't let me see my messages unless I switch to the Messenger thing(I'm able to back out and switch to the standard version).

What's with the hard-sell on this, and why the big rush?

[williesgirl]

1. I agree, happens to me frequently. Sucks.

[eShirl]

2. fuck facebook

poorly designed and getting worse

[FloridaBlues]

3. Same thing I did sign up for it no big deal

It's an easier way to send your friends a message

[Orrex]

4. It also asks if I want to log in automatically

I do not, and I never will, but there doesn't seem to be a way to get FB to stop asking every time I log in.

[frogmarch]

5. Oh, so that's what happened to me.

All of a sudden I saw my Message area on Fb had changed in looks and how it works, and that it says Messenger instead of Messages.

It's OK, but every time I click Enter for a new paragraph, it sends what I've already typed. In Messages, I could choose to send every time I clicked Enter, or just when I clicked Send.

One good thing is that now I can put images in messages. When I "upgraded" to W10, all of a sudden I couldn't post images in Fb messages anymore unless I did so via Files. (I could still post images in the newsfeed area OK.)

I have no idea how I suddenly got Messenger. I just assumed everyone on Fb had it now.