Tech Alert: Facebook Is Bringing Back The Away Message!

While You Were Away … Well this could be really good or really bad because the away message is coming back to haunt us. I repeat, this is not...

While You Were Away …

Well this could be really good or really bad because the away message is coming back to haunt us. I repeat, this is not a drill!

That’s right, the bastion of late 90s and early 2000s angst has risen from its emo grave. We all have had those dreaded away messages “BRB” or “Reading a magazine leave a message.” It’s not going to be quite the same, though.

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For starters the away message is now going to live on Facebook’s mobile app. According to The Verge, the company is calling the new feature a “sidebar status,” and it’s currently being tested in Taiwan and Australia.

Do you want to away message to come back or is it a thing of the past?