Facebook Message, the Facebook email, has arrived, just as we announced a few days ago. Always very social in style, the Facebook email combines features of the more traditional webmail with the speed of chat.
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The Facebook mail is about to invade the private communications of millions of users, but not before a few months. The official announcement came directly from Mark Zuckerberg who explained that, at least initially, the Facebook mail – called Facebook Messages – can be activated through an invitation system.
Once created, the Facebook mail (name@facebook.com) will allow interaction according to a “mixed” formula: Facebookmail will be a hybrid between SMS, chat and traditional mail, although Facebook states that it is not entirely correct to talk about mail, since it lacks the “subject” field and the carbon copy field.
This means that, starting from the already existing personal messages, an agile, more inclusive and very fluid system is being developed, since the mails will resemble more conversations than actual mail sends.
Moreover, this new Facebookmail system is able to archive communications with contacts with whom you exchange more frequently (and to be fair, Gmail has already accustomed us to this) by placing them in a dedicated folder. All other mails are archived in another, all-encompassing folder.
It should be noted that Zuckerberg made it clear that this mail system will not be invasive for privacy, as it will not scan the content of the messages, thus avoiding offering advertising consistent with what has been written.
A dig at Gmail that Zuckerberg did not want to spare, as the accusation against Google’s mail system is precisely that it snoops excessively into the content of mails to find interesting keywords for advertising proposals.
Returning to Facebook Messages, the announcement of the alliance with Microsoft will allow sharing of documents and spreadsheets with ease.
The non-mail mail of Facebook is certainly a threat, not so much for the use of mail at the workplace, but for personal use: with a single login to a single social network, it is possible to manage all social life, including mail. A time and password saver not to be underestimated.
Obviously, in the coming months Facebook Message will also be available for smartphones.
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