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Group Chat in Facebook Messenger


Today, I made a group chat in Facebook messenger for my mom and her best friend. We are planning for our upcoming trip to celebrate our birthday.

I had received a quotation from our travel agent and decided to make a group chat for the both of them. I figured it would be easier on me so I don't need to send the same message individually.

It turned out my mom typed a message that her best friend is not suppose to read. I only found out after I had read her message. I tried signing on my mom's Facebook account. I was too late. Her friend already read the message.

My mom called me up getting mad at me. She said, it was my fault that she had typed the message in the wrong place.

I told my mom how it can be my fault when I didn't type it.

It didn't make it easier on me as I thought it would have been. It became more complicated and had to meddle in between and explain it to her friend that read a message.

Good thing her friend didn't take the message against her. She knew my mom too well being friends for a very long time.

I had informed my mom not to make the issue bigger than what it was. I told my mom not to bother contacting her friend to make more issue out of something she had already been clean up.

I learn my lesson no more group chat for my mom.

You learn eventually the hard way when you deal with my mom and someone who is aging and not understanding the concept of group chatting.

How to set up group chat from your Facebook messenger
:

  • Go to your Facebook Messenger
  • Look for a pencil on the top right of your screen
  • Click
You will see the following:

  1. New Message
  2. To: "Type a name or Group"
  3. Create a New Group
  • Tap Create a New Group
  • Tap the names that you would like to add for your group chat
  • Click Next
You will see:
  1. New Group
  2. "Name your new chat"
For #2 it is optional to type the group name for your group

You will see the names of the people in your group chat that says's Participants
  • Click Create
To cancel group chat:
  • Click back
It will return to Add Participants

A window will pop up says's “Discard Group?" If, you quit before creating your group chat. your changes won't be saved.
  • Click Discard Group

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