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Also...if Facebook takes "messages" and turns them into real e-mail, then that's another huge killer for Google (and Yahoo and MSN). Think of it...markmaunder@

Also...if Facebook takes "messages" and turns them into real e-mail, then that's another huge killer for Google (and Yahoo and MSN). Think of it...markmaunder@facemail.com. Actually, really, think of this...the 15-year old girl that babysits my children...she'd never have a reason to ever leave Facebook. She can socialize, send e-mail, search the web... ...and when she goes out on the web--with, as you say, intent--then Facebook will know exactly how to monetize that intent.

swernli 16y ago
Sounds like a return to the AOL model of accessing the internet through a portal. Some part of me likes the idea of a portal by which I access information, but when I stop and think about it, in my mind that portal is the browswer and the data is the raw web. I don't like the idea of a site with personal information directing my use. But I'm atypical: I don't do social stuff, and I tend to use mail clients to download my mail through imap rather than webmail.
apsurd 16y ago
Honest question: how is this 15 year old girl going to search the web using facebook? Do you search the web using facebook? How is this possible? Does anyone search the web without ever once querying a big-time search engine?