Facebook throws in towel on email

    Facebook throws in towel on email


    Posted: 25 Feb 2014
    The social networking giant has told AFP by email that it is giving up on email "because most people haven't been using their Facebook email address, and we can focus on improving our mobile messaging experience for everyone".

    The company launched its email service in 2010, and in 2012, prompted an outcry by changing the default address for messages to users' Facebook addresses.
    Read more at: Facebook throws in towel on email | ZDNet
    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    25 Feb 2014



  1. Posts : 3,371
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    I never even knew I had a FB email address!
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    I would probably never use the email address truth be told.
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    One of the least private, least secure organizations on the web had email addresses? Good that they have pulled them. Now if only they would take their website down and vanish into the void
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    Brink said:
    The social networking giant has told AFP by email that it is giving up on email "because most people haven't been using their Facebook email address, and we can focus on improving our mobile messaging experience for everyone".

    The company launched its email service in 2010, and in 2012, prompted an outcry by changing the default address for messages to users' Facebook addresses.
    Read more at: Facebook throws in towel on email | ZDNet
    Strange how they decide to concentrate on their mobile messaging - just after the purchased WhatsApp
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