FWIW: I don't have timeline, and it changed mine to @facebook.com
@facebook.com was part of a 2 year old initiative. Part of the vanity URL programme. Separate from Timeline.
Facebook forces all users over to Facebook.com e-mail addresses
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#182This is so much worse than anything Google has ever forced upon users with Google+.
What has Google "forced upon users" with Google+? Especially given that you can still remove G+ from your large Google profile (for now at least)
> What has Google "forced upon users" with Google+?
If I remember correctly, on launch I suddenly had a profile that was rather cryptic to opt-OUT of and I somehow (despite never having added them) still PUBLICLY show up as a contact/friend of some guy I know who is using gmail and google+ and with whom I sent a few emails back and forth in the past.
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#183This has got me thinking that it's time to ditch Facebook. I'd like to use Google+ because I think they're more likely to be a trustworthy steward of my data, but I find the UI really confusing. Are there any other realistic alternatives?
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#184I assume that this is an attempt to take advertising revenue away from other webmail providers. So if facebook's users become predominantly known by their facebook email address then their friends will just begin sending directly to that address and bypassing other systems.
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#185Amusingly, facebook dropped 2 out of 3 test messages from the other address facebook knows about. Seriously, if anything should be whitelisted, it's that. I understand that they want to read my mail. They want to know who i interact with. Why make such a shitty mail client? No POP. no IMAP. Can't view headers. It's not clear how much html is allowed, because they're dropping to many messages. They're not even pretend…
I had my test message arrive straight away... Into their "Other" folder which doesn't generate notifications and nobody ever checks manually.
> Into their "Other" folder which doesn't generate notifications and nobody ever checks manually
Incidentally, I once missed facebook asking me to interview because their message ended up in that folder.
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#186Amusingly, facebook dropped 2 out of 3 test messages from the other address facebook knows about. Seriously, if anything should be whitelisted, it's that. I understand that they want to read my mail. They want to know who i interact with. Why make such a shitty mail client? No POP. no IMAP. Can't view headers. It's not clear how much html is allowed, because they're dropping to many messages. They're not even pretend…
On top of that, I tried to remove my new Facebook email address from my profile. I got the following error message: There was an error removing the email: xxxxxxx@facebook.com Did I type the wrong password? Maybe that was supposed to be a capital letter. Oh, there's a different 'wrong password' email...
You cannot remove it. You just need to set it visible only to you, set it not visible on your timeline.
And then setup another public email which you will have to show to everyone instead. I'm pretty sure you didn't have to do that before.
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#187Amusingly, facebook dropped 2 out of 3 test messages from the other address facebook knows about. Seriously, if anything should be whitelisted, it's that. I understand that they want to read my mail. They want to know who i interact with. Why make such a shitty mail client? No POP. no IMAP. Can't view headers. It's not clear how much html is allowed, because they're dropping to many messages. They're not even pretend…
In my experience, test messages never work, but real messages always do. Somehow.
In my experience, test messages never work, but real messages always do
Obviously you can confirm that the real messages that you do receive gets through. What about those that didn't? How do you know that they didn't? How do you know no such messages exist?
Are you being naive here or am I missing some sarcasm?
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes indeed.
I'm afraid the details of the iOS 6 features other than what's announced in WWDC are still under NDA (which you signed when you gain access to the developer beta). So perhaps you want to remove that comment.
Why do you care about that? Why does it matter to you that someone is discussing something Apple NDAed?
Do you care at all if it something Androidish? Something from MS? From anyone except Apple? If no, then shut your hypocritical mouth.
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#189There are three discussions about this on the front page :-/ . I think this is just might be one of those things which would ticks us off as techies... but techies are the minority audience for sites like facebook. Do emails sent to the facebook id go to the standard facebook 'message system'? If so, for a majority of people this will probably make sense... want to message somebody on facebook? You don't have to logi…
I think this is just might be one of those things which would ticks us off as techies..
Local tabloids are discussing this. One their front-page. At least here in Norway. It's not just techies who cares.
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
In my experience, test messages never work, but real messages always do. Somehow.
In my experience, test messages never work, but real messages always do Obviously you can confirm that the real messages that you do receive gets through. What about those that didn't? How do you know that they didn't? How do you know no such messages exist? Are you being naive here or am I missing some sarcasm?
Serious, but yes, I do worry about real messages that didn't get through. Hmm.