What you don’t know won’t hurt you! Or…Maybe not! Discover what Facebook's been hiding from you.

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As of the last quarter of 2015, there are 1.59 Billion active Facebook users worldwide and the number keeps on growing every day. Facebook has indeed paved the way to ingeniously connecting to almost everyone in the world. But with its many users, there’s a huge possibility that someone you don’t know might have tried connecting with you without your knowledge.

Today, I have an interesting fact to share with you! And this may come as a surprise to you most especially if you have only allowed receiving Facebook messages from people who are on your Friends list. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but Facebook will automatically notify you to either accept or decline a message coming from a person who’s not on your friends list. If you’re unsure if you’ve ever had this situation before check this helpful link to know more about how this works.

I, for one have tried doing this (so, trust me on this) and there’s a bunch of messages from 5 years ago I didn’t know existed until now.  I can sense that no matter how much I’ve prepared you with the entire introduction above, it’s highly possible that you’ll still be stupefied. So, get yourself recorded and if my feeling is right –go share the video to your Facebook friends. Sounds like a deal to me. Proceed with caution with the below steps:

If you’re using your smartphone:

1. Open your Facebook Messenger app.
2. Find the Settings button at the lower rightmost portion of the screen and tap it.
3. Tap on People (right below Notifications)
4. Tap Message Requests.
5. It would open another page where you have a blue shimmering text that says “See filtered requests”
6. Before you do anything else, close your eyes and do at least 5 deep breaths, open your eyes and pretend you’re not surprised (since you’re taking a video of yourself).

If you’re using your desktop computer:

1. Log on to your Facebook account (www.facebook.com)
2. Click on the Messages icon.
3. Once it pops up, focus on the upper left section and click on Message Requests.
4. And the same blue hyperlinked text reading “See filtered messages” should greet you.
5. Follow step 6 above.

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