For Facebook, Social Media Response Management will help you navigate the responses policy by introducing a combination of response windows and response types for Facebook Direct Messages. Thus, the reply you can send through Social Media Response depends on the elapsed time since you’ve received the last DM, and the content of your intended reply.

Response windows

Within 24 hours you can freely respond while the last message you received in the DM thread is less than 24 hours old. There are no limitations to the content or amount of replies that you can send. This means promotional content and automated bot replies are allowed.24 hours to 7 days after 24 hours but within 7 days, your replies can only relate directly to the subject(s) of the conversation thread. Automated bot replies or promotional content are not allowed. After 7 days if the latest message was received more than 7 days ago, your reply options are limited to three response types. Your response must fit one or more of these three categories. We’ve described them in the section directly below. Automated bot replies or promotional content are not allowed.

Response types

If you’re responding to a Facebook DM more than 7 days after receiving it, you are required to limit the subject of your message to one or more of the following three Message Tags: Event update Reminders or updates for an event the user has registered for (e.g., RSVP’ed or purchased tickets). May be used for upcoming events and events in progress. Purchase update Notify a user of an update on a recent purchase. Account update Notify a user of a non-recurring change to their application or account.

Before drafting a response, please select the Message Tag that fits your intended reply. If no tag fits your message, your response may not be sent according to Facebook’s policy. In that case, the conversation can only be continued if your customer sends a new reply.

Limitations

• Only one message can be sent to the person who commented
• The message must be sent within 7 days from when the post or comment was created
• Only when a person responds to the private message can you continue the conversation within the 24-hour messaging window.
• Standard Access apps can only access data for people who have a role on the app

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Policy Violations

Should your DM replies frequently violate the new policy, your Page might temporarily or permanently lose the permission to send Direct Messages. In those cases, Facebook will send warnings with further details. They can be found in your Page Support Inbox on Facebook natively, under the Settings menu of your Page.

Please bear in mind that the policy is primarily meant to deter spam coming from promotional offers and automated bots. If your company uses DMs purely for responding to customer inquiries, it is unlikely that your Page is at risk of a policy violation.

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