I have a question. I only have a Facebook account because you are now being forced to when you install messenger. I didn’t add any friends in facebook, and now I can’t send / receive messages in messenger? Do I have to add them as friends in facebook first? I tried uploading my contacts that also did not work.
Thanks,
Corey

Good

The truth is that your friend has deactivated his Facebook account. Blocking shows that he/she has removed you but deactivation is like he’s either taking a temporary break or forever off FB.

For Blocking:
You are no longer friends and can’t access anything about him. His FB name becomes blank that you can’t even access his/her profile.

Here is what blocking means;

You will no longer be able to:

See things he/she post on their timeline

Tag him/her
Invite him/her to events or groups
Start a conversation with you
Add you as a friend

For Deactivation,

You’re still friends on Facebook but you can’t access his/her FB profile nor start a conversation again with them. That is exactly what is going on in your case.

If you want to confirm, go to your friend list, search his/her name. Then click on the name to view his/her profile. If a Deactivation notice shows up, then it is.

I hope you find this useful!

I can not see his page at all nor when I try to view it using someone elses account who is not friends with him, Normally he posts with the “public setting” so even though they arent friends she would normally be able to still see what he posts.

He then said he figured out how to turn messenger off and has since done that and although I see our old messages, but when I go to leave a message it says “this person isnt available right now.” I just wonder have I been blocked or has he de-activated his account like he said he has.