21 Comments »Last month I suggested that Facebook may be launching an email application. Today, Facebook took a huge step in that direction. Facebook announced a new feature that allows users to write messages to their friends that aren’t currently using Facebook from within the messaging system. Not only can they send; they can receive as well. Even if your friend is not a Facebook member, they can now reply to your messages.
Personally, I won’t take complete advantage of this because Facebook’s messaging system doesn’t have a robust feature set. This is a signal though that they are taking messaging seriously. It is also an excellent way for Facebook to increase their growth rate. They have also added in an additional feature:
Facebook will add any email addresses that you message to your “friend selector”, so you don’t have to remember everyone’s email address all the time. Also, if you message someone who is on Facebook but you use their email instead of their name, we’ll automatically forward the message to their Facebook Inbox. As we continue to make Facebook more useful for everyone, these changes mean that there’s no need to switch between Facebook and email for your daily communication needs.
This is one small step for Facebook, one giant leap for mankind. Well not really but it’s a big move on their part. All that I now hope for is that Facebook adds search functionality to their messaging system. Once Facebook adds effective search and indexing features I will definitely use their messaging system even more (which is difficult considering it currently accounts for at least 25% of my communication). What percentage of your communication takes place on Facebook?
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It’s amazing to see Facebook become more of a communications tools. While I’m nowhere near your 25% level, there are more people that I just Facebook now rather than e-mail.
Mark
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[...] With the new FaceBook feature where by just filling in your friends email ID (who are not a part of FaceBook community yet) in the To: textbox… we can send message to not only who are our friends on FaceBook but [...]
It’s amazing to see Facebook become more of a communications tools. While I’m nowhere near your 25% level, there are more people that I just Facebook now rather than e-mail.
Mark
I am having a problem signing into facebook… Recently it says that my password is constantly wrong and to reset it, I have done this so many times now that it says I have hit my limit in changing my password and that I cant do it any more neither can I sign in. Does anybody know why?
Please let me know….like all the comments further up, I use facebook now more than anything else, and its like loosing my personal dairy…
Help please
kako da udjem u facebook ako mi je sestra isla da nju zapamti …………….
none likes the new Facebook format!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! everyone is complaining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why did they change it????
i have tryed to sign in time after time with no success i have tryed to change my password but never get an email to do so please help as i cant read my messages or contact my freinds please help me
i was looking for you at school and please turn your comupter on and can you please tell jodie that i can come to the cinema in feltham tommorw from your bff Zahara
i would like to know why i was disabled
I have Metalica on my home page & want to leave a coment but it tell me to verify account.How do I do this???
How do you contact Facebook to register a formal complaint against their verification system that requires All household members to be so RICH that they have Separate phone numbers? My sister and her husband do Not have a job. I Am on disability. I live with my sister. Your policy discriminates against the working poor and the disabled. And, your policy discriminates against All people who do Not have text messaging on their phones!
Sorry to post here, but a search for contact facebook got me a stupid page of information that did not allow me to contact anyone!
I used to be a member of facebook, then quit. I came back only because MySpace had more ads that blocked their usage then I cared for. I wish I could hate and loathe all social networks sites that have games on them. It would save me a lot of issues. However, I do appreciate the games. So, I’m stuck with an unverifiable account and No alternative.
Please for the Love of People who are Poor! Allow people to use the same phone number as someone else! It won’t stop the no texting issue, but at least all people in the same house could use the same phone instead of never being able to verify account.
Thanks!
Sincerely angry fb user who is trying very hard to not care.
Sorry! I doubt that facebook will EVER get this message because blind ME didn’t see that this was unofficial. *twitches eyes at self*
hello this douglas cline and can you open back on facebook.com ?
write me before i get on there douglascline2009@hotmail.com
i want to open now thank you.
I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TALK TO SOMEONE AT FACEBOOK.SOMEONE IS CLAIMING MY DAUGHTER OPENED A BOGUS ACCOUNT PRETENDING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE.DOES ANYONE KNOW IF FACEBOOK CAN TRACK THE IP ADDRESS WHERE THE ACCOUNT WAS GENERATED?PLEASE EMAIL ME AT SURIFF1@LIVE.COM .I AM DESPERATE FOR THIS INFO,PLEASE HELP.I CAN ALSO BE REACHED @985-778-9539 thanks mike
hello, i am having a problem getting back into my account on face book. at first, i forgot my pass word. when i remembered, it would not take it…can you please help me ??
Hello. I am hoping you can fix my account. Seems to be I have a virus or have been hacked into. I have tried EVERYTHING to fix this but it keeps sending some nasty video to all my profile friends over and over. Can you fix this for me??? Im ready to just quit facebook. My email is jimnlin4@verizon.net
Evrytime I login it never works
How do I get in touch with Facebook? Do they have an e-mail address….or complaint department?
My photo uploader is stuck and I have to rebute my computer everytime…..very inconvenient….and I cannot post photos or send them
Unhappy
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