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So Facebook finally announced their new product — Messages. It’s like a chat, like an email or a text message. It’s Facebook’s way of evolving what messaging should be.
Here’s a video demonstration of what Facebook Message is:
Everyone’s gonna get their own Facebook email address at [email protected].
Question is — is Facebook cool enough for you to switch over from Yahoo! or GMail?
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@facebook was just a plain message handler, i use hotmail with exclusive junk filter :p
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if you were attentive with lavalair scripts (common scripts in wap 2.0 sites) most of the features there are on facebook. like dialogues in private messages, the free email@sitename straight to private msg inbox, the mms catchers, ignore, relationships, etc..
then, the new friendster “lightbox” gallery/album are also now in facebook.
copy, paste, and because FB is the mania now, so FB claims all the credits.
I doubt Gmail will suffer. I also doubt that anybody will hire me if I use an user****@****.*** email.
Facebook mail for Facebook friends, Gmail for professional contacts and Yahoo for spam. Sounds right.
ill use this on signing up on other sites
I’m against it. Let Yahoo and Gmail catch all the spam. I dont want spam in my Facebook messages!
What FB did to Facebook messages is nice but it’s not gonna replace the email platform anytime soon. Facebook. The “@facebook.com” email address is optional and only if you activate the feature can you get your own @facebook.com email. I might activate mine, just to fend of cyber squatting and nothing more.
“For now, you can use the Facebook messages to send to your none-Facebook users using their email address, your friends will be able to read the email and if did not activated your “@facebook.com” address, your none facebook friends will need to sign up for facebook in order for them to reply, since the return email address is a facebook generated “nor****@****.***” email address. Of course all this will change once you have activated your “@facebook.com” email address.”
http://www.teknisyan.net/2010/11/facebook-messages-revolutionary-or.html
@reboot
I’m logged in to Facebook 24/7 on my PC and Android. Does that count that I don’t have a life? XD
And by the way reboot, Google Wave will not go back coz Lars Rasmussen isn’t connected with Google anymore and Wave is still up with few user using it :)
Over Yahoo? YES! But Gmail, NO.
i can only imagine all the useless posts aggregated from different sources. might be useful for those who don’t have a life other than stay logged in to facebook all day.
wish google would bring back google wave.
it’s time people switched from using yahoo groups to facebook groups, with the the intergration of email in facebook messages. :D
windows live :)
@facebook.com? No. No.
I’ve read a bl0g at gsmarena and it says that it wouldn’t replace ur @ymail or whats0ever to @facebook.com. .
i’m sticking with Gmail. who the hell would use FB email.. hippies, jejemon etc. If you’re a professional I think you’re better off using yahoo or gmail. And I think even students, I mean if I would pick an email I would go for the tried and tested one like gmail.
pretty good innovation from facebook by Lars Rasmussen, it will surely help collaboration project online…
Google Wave…
im open to see an enhanced look and use of email.
if fb email + fb into one site or mobile app. that would be fun and more convenient, i think.
but lets wait and see :)
Nah! This new FB Messages will only confuse us further. There’s too much “noise” coming from different sources (SMS, Email, old FB inbox/message). I personally want to separate my emails from FB messages. So, I think I won’t use this. :(
I don’t mind having an official personal email address.
@Daryl – “Why am I reminded of Google Wave?”
It’s because “Lars Rasmussen – the man behind Google Wave and Google Maps” has quit his job working for Google in Australia to join Facebook.
:)
@Lou – “sounds like google wave”
it doesn’t sound. it is google wave. it was just presented differently by removing the subject box, cc, and bcc.
Facebook Message = Google Wave 2.0 — just like Erin said
Because I’m using an Android handset, I have all the reasons to stick with Gmail (email sync, backing up of SMS through SMS Backup+, etc).