business2press.com— Facebook unveiled its new social messaging system that consolidates e-mail, sms, Facebook messages into one app. Also unveiled @facebook.com emails
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Let's be honest, it's probably not really necessary to use this... and obviously it's not replacing email or my BBM or my SMS because I imagine not everyone actually uses Facebook as we think they do...
Some people do use facebook for communication though,
and most of the times, it's dramatic emotional posts, or witty statuses.
I think the messaging is generally only used when you want to talk privately to someone.
Adding email and texting support might not get a whole lot of people to use it, but being able to manage conversations from facebook might make it a more serious tool.
Like a more popular less likely to fail version of Google wave.
Facebook mail could also allow younger people to close the gap between the people who still focus mainly on email, and the people who choose facebook as their main form of communication.
If someone still uses hotmail or yahoo to talk to people, They can just be contacted from facebook.
especially since younger people don't use email as often anyway.
I think everyones missing the point. Email is a tool that adults use. FaceBook is a toy we play Farmville on.
In order for Facebook to become something that everyone has and be your online identity/business card/password/contact list, you need to include Email.
Now, whether people trust FB to be that or not has yet to be seen. It will be fascinating to see how this evolves and changes how we use FB.
I've been on FB for years and now a days only use occasionally (once a day) to check for people trying to get in contact with me. But as an email client, I'd be tempted to keep it open like I'd keep Gmail open.
The biggest question for me will be stability and performance. But I look forward to trying it out.
considering there are bound to be people constantly connected, stability would have to be a factor, especially since whenever Facebook does something, they get outrage as a result.
It sometimes feels like people get outrage at facebook whenever there is nothing to complain about.
Thankfully, we still had the election, so that should get people's attention at the government.
until facebook releases something again.
then facebook users have outrage again.
Facebook privacy attitude and inability to securely make changes (anyone else fed up of settings getting changed without notice?) means there isn't a hope in hell of me using this, or ever responding to anyone who emails me from it.
They alreayd sell off enough s**t as it is for profit, their margins would be even more insane if they had alll that lovely data to sift through. No thanks.
818diggNov 16, 2010
so they want us to do everything all from one place...isn't that called a BlackBerry?
ObligedcartonNov 16, 2010
BLACKBERRY=FAIL
scarlettletterNov 16, 2010
Let's be honest, it's probably not really necessary to use this... and obviously it's not replacing email or my BBM or my SMS because I imagine not everyone actually uses Facebook as we think they do...
atomic1fireNov 16, 2010
but if facebook can sort email too, that should cause more people to use it.
atomic1fireNov 16, 2010
Some people do use facebook for communication though,
and most of the times, it's dramatic emotional posts, or witty statuses.
I think the messaging is generally only used when you want to talk privately to someone.
Adding email and texting support might not get a whole lot of people to use it, but being able to manage conversations from facebook might make it a more serious tool.
Like a more popular less likely to fail version of Google wave.
Facebook mail could also allow younger people to close the gap between the people who still focus mainly on email, and the people who choose facebook as their main form of communication.
If someone still uses hotmail or yahoo to talk to people, They can just be contacted from facebook.
especially since younger people don't use email as often anyway.
nextwiggin4Nov 16, 2010
I think everyones missing the point. Email is a tool that adults use. FaceBook is a toy we play Farmville on.
In order for Facebook to become something that everyone has and be your online identity/business card/password/contact list, you need to include Email.
Now, whether people trust FB to be that or not has yet to be seen. It will be fascinating to see how this evolves and changes how we use FB.
I've been on FB for years and now a days only use occasionally (once a day) to check for people trying to get in contact with me. But as an email client, I'd be tempted to keep it open like I'd keep Gmail open.
The biggest question for me will be stability and performance. But I look forward to trying it out.
atomic1fireNov 16, 2010
considering there are bound to be people constantly connected, stability would have to be a factor, especially since whenever Facebook does something, they get outrage as a result.
It sometimes feels like people get outrage at facebook whenever there is nothing to complain about.
Thankfully, we still had the election, so that should get people's attention at the government.
until facebook releases something again.
then facebook users have outrage again.
dralezeroNov 16, 2010
facebook PM i already use
blackrockyNov 16, 2010
Interesting..
onlinesandeepNov 16, 2010
The plural of medium is "media."
Closed AccountNov 16, 2010
Facebook privacy attitude and inability to securely make changes (anyone else fed up of settings getting changed without notice?) means there isn't a hope in hell of me using this, or ever responding to anyone who emails me from it.
They alreayd sell off enough s**t as it is for profit, their margins would be even more insane if they had alll that lovely data to sift through. No thanks.
ucentricorgNov 16, 2010
Facebook is spyware. The elephant in the room at the 2.0 conf was privacy.