Same kind of thing happened to me with google chat, years ago, when it was an xmpp service. They turned it into a gmail account and automatically inserted it in

Same kind of thing happened to me with google chat, years ago, when it was an xmpp service. They turned it into a gmail account and automatically inserted it into the address book of everyone I chatted with, and it was close to half a year of confusion before I worked out why certain people just couldn't seem to get in touch with me anymore.