How to Send a Message to all Friends on Facebook

The ever changing Facebook user interface can put you in a sort of dilemma at times, with you not being able to figure out how you can send a message to multiple recipients or why the number of people who you are trying to message is restricted. You are not the only one who has been facing this problem. The list is quite lengthy, and that isn't quite surprising considering that Facebook has been trying all the tricks in the book to keep the hackers and spammers at bay. In this write-up we will answer some FAQs about messaging on Facebook - including how to message Facebook friends and the maximum number of people you can message at a time.

Sending a Message to all Friends on Facebook

Undoubtedly the top social networking site in the world today, Facebook helps you connect with people around the world using the numerous tools and applications it has to offer. In order to make sure that they retain the top position, the folks at Facebook need to make sure that they provide quality service. That explains the numerous restrictions on how to use Facebook that you are likely to come across. Facebook privacy features tend to put restriction on whom all you can message and the number of people you can message at a time. Given below is a list of some FAQs about Facebook which has answers to all your queries related to messaging on this social networking site.

Whom Can You Send Messages on Facebook?
As we mentioned earlier, the advanced privacy settings of Facebook don't just restrict whom you can message, but also restrict the number of people you can send a message at a time. The foremost thing you need to understand is that Facebook messaging and Facebook chat are two different concepts, with the former being more of an email client, while the latter being more of a chat client. Basically, you can only chat with those people who are a part of your friends list. On the other hand, you can message everybody on Facebook - as long as their privacy settings don't restrict you from messaging them. If you can see the 'Send a Message' tab right below the persons profile picture (or alongside person picture in search results) you can message them by clicking on this tab.

Sending Message to Multiple Recipients
The user-friendly interface of Facebook makes messaging an easy task, but only when you know where the particular tabs are. This, mind you, is not an easy task as Facebook revamps its user interface every now and then owing to which the location of these tabs tends to change very frequently. If you want to message a single person, the simple process involves going to the persons profile and clicking on the 'Send a Message' tab located right below his profile picture. This will redirect you to a new page wherein you will have to type the message in the composing box, and click on the 'Send' tab below the message composing box to send it. That's about sending message to single recipient, but what if you want to message all friends on Facebook together? In this case you will have to go to your Facebook homepage, locate the 'Messages' tab (located at the left hand side of the screen) and click on it. When you click on Messages you will be redirected to a new page, wherein you will be able to compose your message in the composing box. When you are done with message composing, you will have to click on the small box above the message composing box wherein you are supposed to feed the name of the recipient. You can either feed the recipients name or their email addresses. Once you are done selecting all friends on Facebook, you can simply go ahead and click on the 'Send' tab and your message will be sent to all the recipients.

How Many Facebook Friends Can You Message at a Time?
Sending a message to all Facebook friends doesn't mean you can send a message to all those 200-300 people in your friends list in one go as there is a certain limit on the number of people you can message at a time on Facebook. Even though the maximum number of people you get to message at a time is 20 as of today, it can be increased to more than that or reduced by more than that in the future. This step is taken to ensure that your message box is not flooded with spam mails - a problem quite common with most of the email clients in the cyberspace today.

If your friends list has more than 20 people, then there are two methods by which you can send a message to all of them. You can create a group of all those people whom you want to send the message and click on the 'Send Message to the Group' tab to send the said message to all the people in the group. If that is a tedious task, you can simply repeat the entire process of sending messages to 20 people again and again. An easier way out is to use Facebook statuses update to send the message across to the people, but this should only be tried when the message you are sending is not something confidential.