Email marketers: Don’t forget about Facebook 91.3 percent of your counterparts who include social sharing icons in their campaigns incorporate Facebook.

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Yesterday I told a reporter at Slate that the “other” folder in Facebook’s messaging platform is tantamount to the spam filter found in email software.

We’ve known about the “other” folder since the debut of Facebook’s messaging platform about a year ago, but Slate’s story that ran today has made it apparent that some people never knew of the folder’s existence until just now.

Even so, the Slate article blows things way out of proportion by calling it a “misery.” Come on!

If you hadn’t known of the folder until today, you’d encounter a year’s worth of messages that Facebook had designated as not important enough to go into your main inbox.

Message prioritization is based entirely on who you interact with the most on Facebook. But if you go a whole year without looking at the “other” folder, the odds of finding something important in it naturally go up.

So we’re curious to know, readers, whether you feel that you’ve missed anything that’s landed in the “other” folder.

Readers, we’re curious to know whether you feel you’ve missed anything in your own “other” folder. Please participate in the poll below, and check back later to see how others have voted.

VisibleGains weighed in on the “Is email dead?” debate with a resounding no — not much of a surprise, since the company develops a plug-in for Outlook that enables users to create personal pages for their sales prospects.

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Quick quiz: What was “Project Titan?” Doesn’t ring a bell? Well, about a year ago, the blogosphere was all abuzz in anticipation for it. Still don’t remember? That was the code name for Facebook’s “Next Generation Messaging” system — the supposed Gmail, or even email killer.

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Last year, MailChimp added support for the Facebook like button in email platforms. WiseStamp is taking the next step, releasing an app that allows users to promote Facebook pages in the signature files of their emails.

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Yahoo mail users are fanning the search engine’s social networking home for tips and updates. Chances to nab free goodies and plan out your next vacation can also be found within this week’s ten featured pages. If you like what you read below, be sure to take a look at the detailed statistic tool we used to build this list.
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More than half of all content shared on the web occurs via Facebook.
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Facebook claims it has fixed a glitch that had unleashed email notifications for some users, sending them messages about up to 73 different types things they may have opted out of receiving.
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If you have a new baby, or adorable toddler or — hell, a cute new puppy — and want your mom to see the photos you upload to Facebook, you probably have a few hurdles to cross. The biggest problem: She doesn’t know how to use the social network.  She barely has learned to turn on the new Apple computer you bought her for Christmas last year.
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