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Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Re: Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Post by thibaut_barrere »

usaar333 wrote: post #18
davidedicillo wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The interface'll have the be unbelievably amazing and innovative for this to even make a dent in people's minds I guarantee you that they are going to become the default address between people 16 and under. My brother is 16 and doesn't have an email address, but he does have a facebook account.

Especially amazing given that you need an email to sign up.

I can see his point: I see more and more family members who have an email but who don't use it at all.

Instead they are all reachable via FB.

Re: Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Post by enqk »

asknemo wrote: post #25

Even if the thing turns out to be unbelievably amazing, I doubt companies would like people to be constantly logged in to facebook "for mail" during work. For many offices, a browser tab on facebook could just imply chit-chat with friends, farmville, and many other unproductive pursuits. How could it be a "Gmail Killer" with such a born defect?

aren't iphones the gateway from work to facebook?

Re: Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Post by guelo »

radicaldreamer wrote: post #17
davidedicillo wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The interface'll have the be unbelievably amazing and innovative for this to even make a dent in people's minds I guarantee you that they are going to become the default address between people 16 and under. My brother is 16 and doesn't have an email address, but he does have a facebook account.

He'll have an email address by the time he gets to college. There are still plenty of people who'd prefer to keep their personal and collegiate/professional lives separate.

Only about half of American teenagers end up in college.

Re: Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Post by michaelhart »

TomasSedovic wrote: post #38
michaelhart wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wrong -- your FB email address will likely have the same prefix as your vanity URL. Guess that that means? Spam bots know your email address already.

I think he means it the other way: e-mail addresses ending with facebook.com could signal "this is a genuine person, not a spammer".

Yet you're getting bombarded with spam. Not to mention, Facebook accounts are very easy to create. So I don't see that either.

Re: Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Post by aschobel »

usaar333 wrote: post #18
davidedicillo wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The interface'll have the be unbelievably amazing and innovative for this to even make a dent in people's minds I guarantee you that they are going to become the default address between people 16 and under. My brother is 16 and doesn't have an email address, but he does have a facebook account.

Especially amazing given that you need an email to sign up.

You can sign up only using a phone number.

http://m.facebook.com/r.php

Re: Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Post by DjDarkman »

Now Facebook will have no excuse not to allow exporting of friends email address... well they will probably think of something else.

I doubt they could kill GMail, if there is one thing Google is good at is, fast and efficient interfaces, it may not be pretty, but who cares, it's an email client.

Re: Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Post by gojomo »

michaelhart wrote: post #34
gojomo wrote: post #28

If @facebook.com email addresses have a stronger link to real, non-spammy, non-mass-produced identities than other domains, they could become preferred at many other sites -- a broader version of Facebook Connect.

Wrong -- your FB email address will likely have the same prefix as your vanity URL. Guess that that means? Spam bots know your email address already.

And so Facebook offers a switch: "only accept mail from friends and sites I've liked".

If you've got a popular walled garden, making the jungle outside even scarier, and thus forcing a stronger commitment to the tended 'inside', can be good business.

Re: Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Post by copper »

sp4rki wrote: post #32

I've always thought that Facebook could make a real difference by becoming a central hub to control your "persona" or identity so to speak. Facebook could integrate with every other service and app under the sun, and users would not require to input information (any more then their Facebook uri) to register for anything. Instead they're trying to undercut Google by keeping them out of the 'shared data' agreement and…

> Facebook could integrate with every other service and app under the sun, and users would not require to input information (any more then their Facebook uri) to register for anything.

Facebook has done exactly this, and there's been quite a bit of backlash, with some discussion on this site itself.

Re: Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan, Is Coming On Monday

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Post by philwelch »

TomasSedovic wrote: post #38
michaelhart wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wrong -- your FB email address will likely have the same prefix as your vanity URL. Guess that that means? Spam bots know your email address already.

I think he means it the other way: e-mail addresses ending with facebook.com could signal "this is a genuine person, not a spammer".

Email addresses can be spoofed.
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