Facebook Removing Gmail From List Of Third Party Email Providers

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Post by Sparklin » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 1:02 AM UTC

Facebook Removing Gmail From List Of Third Party Email Providers
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Post by w1ntermute » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 1:34 AM UTC

/Grabs another bag of popcorn and sits back to enjoy the show.

Doesn't look like this squabble is ending any time soon. Unfortunately, it just seems like it's going to have a negative impact on both sides.

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Post by alphaoverlord » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 1:48 AM UTC

They need to make a Taiwanese news animation of this drama. Better than daytime TV.

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Post by joshes » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 2:10 AM UTC

w1ntermute wrote: post #2

/Grabs another bag of popcorn and sits back to enjoy the show. Doesn't look like this squabble is ending any time soon. Unfortunately, it just seems like it's going to have a negative impact on both sides.

From what I can tell, the loss of functionality has been entirely on Facebook's side to this point. Right?

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Post by kmfrk » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 2:16 AM UTC

Looks like mutually assured destruction.

This is hardly a zero sum game.

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Post by scalyweb » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 3:16 AM UTC

Facebook,your britches are looking a bit small these days. IPO dreams sure do lead to mediocre results.

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Post by ck2 » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 3:43 AM UTC

This is a bad thing?

Could they please de-list AOL as well so my computer-noob friends will stop giving out their login to facebook?

I am tired of the creepy spam from Facebook that has learned my name and location and harasses me to join because my friends don't realize what they are doing.

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Post by gcheong » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 3:50 AM UTC

They still have the "other e-mail service" option, I imagine they just moved the functionality to there.

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Post by flowerpunk » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 3:51 AM UTC

Ah, this makes filtering people out even eaiser. Time to auto-delete *@facebook.com

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Post by alastair » Sun, Nov 21, 2010, 4:40 AM UTC

can anybody really blame facebook for not allowing export? your contact list (with email) is basically their golden goose. if they let other services suck this data out, their competitors only need to sign 1 person per social circle for pretty much everyone on FB to get an invite to leave.

in the spirit of openness, it sucks, but if you owned facebook would you welcome that risk?