How did I converse with thee? Facebook Messaging counts the ways
Leave it to Facebook to announce that all 500 million-plus members can have an @facebook.com e-mail address and in the next breath say it's not really e-mail. Huh?
Welcome to Facebook Messaging, a new communications platform coming soon. It will put all your electronic conversations with a single person into a single spot — on Facebook, of course. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the platform in a press event this morning. He said he believes that in future electronic communications, people will send more, shorter messages instead of longer e-mail messages.
I like the idea of a historical record of all the digital conversations (e-mail, text messages, chat) I've had with a person, which is one of the touted features of Messaging. I'm not sure how, or if, Facebook will pull in communications from the past (or whether I even want this). If done right, Facebook could indeed change the way people communicate via computers, phones and websites.
I'm looking forward to seeing Facebook Messaging in action. Stay tuned.
See the Facebook Blog for more:
See the messages that matter
http://www.facebook.com/blog
Be sure to watch the video near the bottom of the blog post.
Take the Facebook Messages tour:
http://www.facebook.com/about/messages/
See a story about Facebook Messaging from The Associated Press:
E-mail secondary as Facebook revamps messaging
http://yhoo.it/bvMg1b
