Facebook Begins Small-Scale Testing of Voice-to-Text Conversations in Messenger

[Digital Dude]

I very seldom check my FB account as I grew up before the social 'everything' revolution. This thread has inspired me to shut it down so thanks!

 

[morespce54]

I lost enough interest in Facebook and all the bad they were doing, that instead of downloading their chat app, I unloaded the Facebook app. Very liberating not having Facebook on my iPhone or iPad. I actually checked Facebook on a computer today -- first time this year I have checked the wall.

Actually, I didn't unloaded the Facebook app (yet) but since they split the two apps, I use the mobile site instead of the app when, once in a while, I need to peek at my wall or chat.

But that's just me (I don't chat a lot)

 

[thekeyring]

If you're really worried about running Facebook's software, you have other options. Because Facebook chat servers accept the standard XMPP (aka Jabber) protocol, any XMPP client can use it. There are a lot of other iOS apps plus Messages/iChat for Mac that can use Facebook chat. I primarily use Messages on Mac to talk to Facebook friends.

Really? That's a great tip - thanks.