This is actually outrageous. Some of your messages, perhaps many, have been hidden in a place you probably never thought to look. I just found out about it, and looked there, and in fact there were messages I needed to see. Facebook has majorly let me down with this cute little move of theirs.
The story about how bad this can get and how to find your hidden missives is HERE. Hat tip, Ana.
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Thanks for pointing this out.
The whole rationale behind Facebook is the exploitation of its users. Of course Facebook wants to make itself useful as a way to suck in more victims, but the welfare of users is a secondary concern. Every "free" Internet service is a trade off - Google "gives" you email, but sells your eyeballs to advertisers, and so on. But I have always felt that the tradeoff with Facebook was so lop-sided that it wasn't worth using, and Facebook keeps proving me right.