hopskipjump Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 There is a kid (16?-18?) who sends dd (17) questions via facebook messenger that make her uncomfortable. He lives a couple of hours away... she isn't "afraid" of him... he just asks her... weird... questions any time she posts a picture. So - she wants to not have his fb messenger messages pop up on her phone when he sends them. But we're not sure how to do that. She doesn't want to block him on facebook or unfriend him, where he'll realize it (we have firsthand experience of that going poorly)... but if she does block/acquaintance/whatever it is called him - will that make it so that his messages go to the "other" folder instead of straight to her? Blocking his messages are the important bit (hopefully in a way where he'll think she just never reads her messenger messages vs. that she's blocked him...) They do share some friends/acquaintances, but she will not likely casually "run into him" anywhere for a face-to-face about unread messages and he doesn't have her phone # (and hopefully her friends never share that info). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 On messenger open up the setting(little gear) on a message he has sent. You can mute his for a time, ignore, or block messages altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopskipjump Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Thanks! We were hoping to not to have to open the message itself (since messenger lets the sender see that the message has been read - and ignored). Hmmm. I don’t see a way to do that w/o opening the message. Maybe I’ll try on all our different apps and computers (iPhone, Android, etc) - they all seem to be somewhat different. Maybe one will allow that option! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Thanks! We were hoping to not to have to open the message itself (since messenger lets the sender see that the message has been read - and ignored). Hmmm. I don’t see a way to do that w/o opening the message. Maybe I’ll try on all our different apps and computers (iPhone, Android, etc) - they all seem to be somewhat different. Maybe one will allow that option! You can press the message-hold it down, without opening it and the list of options will pop up. I just tried it with a message I don't want to show as read. This was on my phone. Edited February 19, 2018 by Miss Peregrine 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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