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John Sutton
Facebook’s Email Announcement – It’s not Email!
November 15th, 2010
Facebook announced this afternoon a new “messaging” feature that the press has labeled the “Gmail Killer.” This may very well be the case from a social perspective because of the ability to create and send messaging instantly across the FB platform in a variety of formats: email, FB message, chat, etc. All of the messages will be collected together into a single conversation view, and can be partitioned based on social network groups – which could end up boosting the adoption of groups. This could prove to be a powerful tool.
On one hand, FB’s rate of growth from a headcount perspective is slowing, but the rate of messaging through the platform is growing exponentially. It therefore seems like a logical step to enhance the messaging feature in order to solidify FBs dominance as the one-stop-shop for social networking. If you’re a first adopter, then find out how to get your email account today.
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