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I haven't used facebook in s long time, but I would have said that messages posted on people's walls (the more emails looking screenshot) are different from Facebook messenger chat messages (the chat looking screenshot), so it's totally up to the user to decide which one is posted where. At least that was the case in 2011ish when I last used FB

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The email style message view is the same chat content in a different UI. It's a full screen view that looks vaguely like Outlook - message threads are listed on the left and the majority of the screen is dedicated to reading the messages.

It's much nicer to use for browsing your message history or writing something more detailed without having to mess around with tiny chat windows.

There is also https://www.messenger.com/, which is a similar UI but available as standalone site.

Messages posted on people's walls are also public to all their friends, which I'm sure plays a larger role in reception than the UI they use to consume the message, and certainly influences what you're willing to say.

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