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As long as you can't default sort by updates from people you actually want updates from, and omit the fire hose of unsolicited ads and propaganda, it will never even get a whiff of what it started out as.
Probably they'll try to bring back features that cause people to interact more publicly, like poking. No way sponsored posts and ads are going away. For me it is an unusable app, way too little organic content on there. Marketplace is great though.
I ditched it in 2016 and haven't felt a loss.
Fair enough! I've wanted to move the in-laws family group messages away from Messenger, but the family doesn't see the point.