~Am I The Only One Who Didn't Know This?~

Valdosta, Georgia
April 7, 2016 12:47pm CST
I was on Facebook earlier, making sure I didn't have any new messages from anyone. Someone commented on my Date Night Childcare ad and she told me she sent me a message. Her message was nowhere to be found! So I clicked on show all messages, then I clicked on more options-and there was a filtered section under that-tada her message was there. I am guessing that's where messages go when your not friends with someone and they message you. I had no idea of this until I accidentally found it today! LOL Am I the only one that did not know about this secret "Filtered" section?
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@Tampa_girl7 (49013)
• United States
7 Apr 16
I was unaware of this too.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Apr 16
@Tampa_girl7 I am so glad I am not the only one who didn't know about it! Lol
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@RasmaSandra Your welcome! =)
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies had no idea but thank you for letting us know
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
7 Apr 16
You are not the only one who didn't know this as I didn't know it either. Thanks for sharing this secret with us.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
7 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies After I saw your discussion and I was in facebook someone was talking about it there.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@Marcyaz Oh wow that is funny!
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• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Apr 16
@Marcyaz Your welcome, glad I could help! =)
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• United States
8 Apr 16
I found it a few weeks ago quite by accident
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@Abbygreenhill Yeah that's how I found it too, just by searching for the mysterious message! Lol
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• United States
8 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies They changing/adding things
@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
8 Apr 16
I found out anout the "other" messages about a year ago, when I was selling something and someone sent me a private message and I couldnt find it, she told me to check my "other" messages. Only thing is, I can't get to those messages through my cell phone, I have to be on my home computer.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@lilnana1111 I knew about the other inbox as well but I did not know apparently they changed the name of it to filtered.
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• United States
8 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies Good to know.
@jahunt (1380)
• United States
7 Apr 16
Yes, I did know this. It used to be that people could pay a fee and have their message go to your "regular" inbox. Not sure if that is still the way it is or not.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Apr 16
@jahunt I don't know how I didn't know this but I found a few messages there that I didn't know was there. Glad I know now!
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@jahunt Yeah which is a good thing-if we all knew about that folder!
@jahunt (1380)
• United States
8 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies I guess it is FB`s way of keeping spammers away.
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@JonnyRich (157)
• Blackburn, England
8 Apr 16
I didn't know of it for a while until about a week ago when I saw the option of viewing spam messages filtered messages and message request and in there I had tons of messages dating months back that I never even knew about some also important which really annoyed me.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@JonnyRich Yeah FB should do a better job of telling people about the different folders so we don't miss anything important!
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• Blackburn, England
8 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies definitely.
@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Apr 16
I think that you can make it so all messages come to straight away. Not just the messages from friends. But that is up to you.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies ...Mine pops up on my profile page whenever I get a message.
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@celticeagle I will have to look into it because I didn't know that either-thank you!
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
7 Apr 16
We all are first timers for many things. A very similar thing happened with me too, though no one called. On another share, this person re-appeared and mentioned that I had not replied to his earlier message. After some tries I almost gave up. Luckily, I found another friend who mentioned me where the messages from non friends actually land up.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Apr 16
@thesids Yeah this surprised me as I had no idea! Lol. I am glad it was mentioned to you because that was about to drive me crazy as well.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
7 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies As my scenario was nowhere related to business, I did not go that crazy, but surely I would have if it involved any work (or business)
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@tammys85 (29952)
• Baltimore, Maryland
8 Apr 16
I've seen other folders like that, but I never remember to check them. It's usually just spam anyways.
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@tammys85 (29952)
• Baltimore, Maryland
12 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies Right. I usually get spam and I've had a few ignorant ones from trolls, but I never respond. I'm about to check and see if there's anything in there.
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@tammys85 Well it's any message that comes from someone not on your friends list. For me this is important because of my babysitting services.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Apr 16
Oh is there something like that ? I get to see the messages because i am notified though .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
11 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies I have to take a look at mine then .
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@SIMPLYD Yes there is. We are not notified of the messages that go to that folder actually. That's why I had no idea about her message.
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@LeaPea2417 (36451)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8 Apr 16
I didn't know about it. I will have to check it out.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@LeaPea2417 I'm glad were not the only ones who didn't know!
• United States
7 Apr 16
Lol wow I didn't know about that either. I just now decided to have a gander. Sadly no one likes me lol.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@DanieGirl80587 Lol I'm sorry! But if you ever can't find a message it's probably in there.
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• United States
8 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies Thank you :-)
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
7 Apr 16
not aware.I spend so little time there.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
7 Apr 16
@amadeo I usually only go there for my childcare business, I don't blame you for not going much.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
7 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies thanks.Hope everything equal out there for you.
@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
7 Apr 16
I have no idea of this one :(
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@Lucky15 Well now you know! =)
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@Lucky15 (37346)
• Philippines
8 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies haha, yep ;)
@slund2041 (3315)
• United States
8 Apr 16
You are not the only that did not know about it, because I still do not understand how to find it. LOL I am a slow learner I guess. I do not see any place that says show all messages.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@slund2041 It's okay, when you hit the messages it shows up as a small screen first. At the bottom of that small screen, you hit see all at the bottom. It will bring you to your messages page. At the top of that page you will see more next to an arrow, in there you will see filtered.
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
8 Apr 16
I didn't know about it, but I don't use FB much.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@jabouk Yeah, I had no clue about it!
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Apr 16
I don't FB so don't know much about any of it. Were there other messages there that you had missed?
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@JudyEv Yes there were a few other ones i missed as well but nothing important-thank God!
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@Elizaby (6901)
• Pensacola, Florida
8 Apr 16
I didn't know but I 'm not on facebook that much
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@Elizaby Yeah the only reason I go on there is for my childcare services and some family that lives far away.
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• Canada
8 Apr 16
I just found it myself yesterday. Only one message there I hadn't seen before and it was just some skeezy guy trying to strike up a conversation.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@Morethanamom I had one of those in my filtered box too! Lol
@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
8 Apr 16
I knew, but only because some friends had explained it. FB does a really good job of hiding it....
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• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Apr 16
@Ruby3881 I wish someone told me about it! Lol. Yeah I don't know why it's so hidden like that.
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