{"id":31985,"date":"2023-10-20T14:26:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/facebook-messenger-also-gets-into-disappearing-act-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:26:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:26:34","slug":"facebook-messenger-also-gets-into-disappearing-act-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/facebook-messenger-also-gets-into-disappearing-act-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Messenger also gets into disappearing act &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"352\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/l_facebook-messenger-f8-2015-zuckerberg_445.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"l_facebook-messenger-f8-2015-zuckerberg_445\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Facebook is the latest platform to stake a claim on the ephemeral messaging market, with its <a href=\"#.tgxybbx:CYQJ\">Messenger app introducing disappearing photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The feature, which deletes text and photos one hour after they\u2019re sent, is currently being trialled in France.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisappearing messages gives people another fun option to choose from when they communicate on Messenger. We look forward to hearing people\u2019s feedback as they give it a try,\u201d a Facebook spokeswoman <a href=\"#.cbnnPeaYV\">tells <i>Buzzfeed<\/i>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alongside read receipts, disappearing messages are another effort by Facebook to make online chat seem more like real-life conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new feature is the company\u2019s latest effort to challenge Snapchat, which now has 200 million monthly users.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Facebook previously experimented with self-destructing messages in 2012 when it launched <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2012\/12\/21\/facebook-poke-vs-snapchat-what-is-the-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Poke<\/i><\/a>, an app almost identical to the then-fledgling Snapchat. It failed to win over users.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other apps with similar functions include Line and Chinese messaging giant WeChat.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In September, Facebook introduced another timely feature, offering some users the chance to have <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/2015\/09\/improving-mobile-profiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temporary profile pictures<\/a> (like this weekend\u2019s French flag filter) expire after a set number of hours, days or weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Facebook is yet to reveal if and when the ephemeral messaging feature will be available to users in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Do you know more on this story or have a tip of your own? Raising capital or launching a startup? <\/i><a href=\"mailto:news@startupsmart.com.au\"><i>Let us know<\/i><\/a><i>. Follow&nbsp;StartupSmart&nbsp;on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StartUpSmart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Facebook<\/i><\/a><i>, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/startupsmartnow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>, and <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/startupsmart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>LinkedIn<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook is the latest platform to stake a claim on the ephemeral messaging market, with its Messenger app introducing disappearing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}