Which makes sense, because if you know that the power to delete exists then it definitely doesn't seem fair if only your boss can use it - and, on a more personal note, you'd want to try to use it to save yourself from foot-in-mouth disease immediately, right? So as soon as this was made public, Facebook announced that it was developing an “unsend” feature for everyone - and nine months later, that feature has arrived to make Messenger a better place.

'After people found out that Zuckerberg (and, presumably, other executives) could delete messages but the average user couldn’t, they called out Facebook for providing preferential treatment to higher-ups.' 'When questioned, Facebook confirmed Zuckerberg’s messages expired over time, citing increased security measures after the 2014 Sony Pictures email hacks.' But people were not happy about it. 'It’s similar to the power that CEO Mark Zuckerberg infamously has to delete messages he’s sent, as we first found out last April, after multiple sources noted that messages they received from the CEO had mysteriously disappeared,' The Verge explains. Mark Zucks himself had the ability to unsend messages last year. The new feature has actually been in the works for a while - after it was discovered that Mr. Now you will be able to unsend Facebook messages, according to The Verge.

No longer will you have to suffer the embarrassment of immediately regretting a Facebook message you sent with no way out except to just stare at the stupid message and try to will it to come back to you with your eyeballs. Excellent news, everyone: the future is finally here.

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