Uhlelo lokusebenza I-Facebook Messenger Ingolunye lwezinhlelo zokusebenza zemiyalezo esheshayo ezisetshenziswa kakhulu ngenxa yenani elikhulu labasebenzisi abane-akhawunti ye-Facebook. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenkathi i-Facebook ithenga i-WhatsApp kwakungacaci ukuthi i-Facebook Messenger izonyamalala yini, lezi zinhlelo zokusebenza ezimbili zizohlanganiswa, noma lezi ezimbili zizohlala zisebenza. Manje, kubonakala sengathi i-Facebook ihlela ukwenza imali nge-Facebook Messenger, engagcina ikhokhwe.
Nakuba, yebo, uma kwenzeka ekugcineni I-Facebook Messenger yenziwe imali, kubonakala kusobala ukuthi ngeke ukhokhe, okungenani ukuze ufake uhlelo. I-WhatsApp, isibonelo, uhlelo lokusebenza esingalufaka mahhala, futhi singalusebenzisa ngaphandle kokukhokha unyaka, bese sikhokha imali yonyaka. Okufanayo yilokho okungenzeka nge-Facebook Messenger, nakuba kubonakala kunzima ukuthi empeleni kuzoba njalo, ngoba lokhu kungasho ingozi yokulahlekelwa inombolo enkulu yabasebenzisi.
UMark Zuckerberg usevele ukuqinisekisile ukuthi uhlelo lwenkampani bekuwukuba isicelo ngasinye se-Facebook sifinyelele kubasebenzisi abayizigidi eziyi-100 ngokuhlukana, ukuze benze imali ngalezo zicelo. Njengamanje, i-Facebook Messenger isivele inabasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingama-200, kanye ne-WhatsApp, nayo engaphansi kukaFacebook, enabasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingama-500. I-WhatsApp kuphela, enohlelo lokukhokha lonyaka, eyenza imali, kodwa hhayi ukuthi uhlelo lokusebenza olunenani elikhulu kangaka labasebenzisi kufanele lukhiqize.
Iqiniso lokuthi i-Facebook iqashe uDavid Marcus, umongameli we-PayPal, futhi imqoke njengephini likamongameli we-Facebook Messenger division, iqinisekisa ukuthi, empeleni, inkampani izokwenza imali ngesicelo, nokuthi lokhu kwenza imali kuzoba nzima ngempela. . Eqinisweni, kube nguMark Zuckerberg ngokwakhe othe ukufaka ukukhangisa kuzoba "indlela eshibhile futhi elula", kodwa akuyona indlela abazoyilandela leyo. Ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi ukwenza imali kwe I-Facebook Messenger izofika, nakuba ingase ithathe isikhashana.