Facebook – How to Send a Private Message to a User

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I only use Facebook as an alternative to OpenID but sometimes need to send a private message to someone I'm not friend with.

I checked the "Sending a Message" page on Facebook, which says:

Start typing a name or email address into the To field. Names of
friends and other people you know will appear in a dropdown

How can I find the name or email address? I didn't find this on someone's FB page, and just copy/pasting the FB name doesn't work:

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Do I need to be friend with someone before being able to send them a private e-mail?

Best Answer

Seems like mcdonaldsfrance is a page. You can send message to any user or page (if it’s enabled in their privacy options) with this URL:

https://www.facebook.com/messages/{username}

For example, for McDonald's France the URL will be: https://www.facebook.com/messages/mcdonaldsfrance. From here, you can send messages to this page—as far as I can see, this page allows messages.

The method you are trying to use is for friends only!

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