Facebook Messenger now gives context about the people contacting you

Getting messages from someone you don't know can be a pretty intimidating experience. How did they find you? Why did they reach out?

To make new connections less jarring, Facebook Messenger is introducing a new feature on Thursday that gives you bits of information about someone messaging you for the first time, whether the person is one of your Facebook friends or not. The Messenger team is rolling it out to iOS and Android users in the U.S., UK, France and India over the next few weeks

Think of it almost like an icebreaker, or "a way to give you more context about new conversations in Messenger," a Facebook spokesperson told Mashable. Read more...