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Not sure why you think that, Facebook has always stressed one, real identity. If your facebook URL is facebook.com/john.smith, why should your email not be john
by look_lookatme 16y ago
Not sure why you think that, Facebook has always stressed one, real identity. If your facebook URL is facebook.com/john.smith, why should your email not be john.smith@facebook.com? Is there a compelling reason? What would be the difference if john.smith became an employee of facebook?
- shrikant 16y agoMy biggest data point is Google. I'm google.com/profiles/<whatever>, but reached at <whatever>@gmail.com. I suppose Googlers get a <whatever>@google.com email ID. Similarly for Microsoft. I suppose AOL and Yahoo! could be counter-points, though...
- rapind 16y agoPublic profiles are indexed. Knowing the URL would then give you their fb email if it was also based on the same handle (which is certainly the most user friendly). Meaning facebook email will be hammered with spam. It'll be interesting to see what they go with.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoInteresting... Not just that, it will be trivial to target spam directly at people and depending on the visibility of their profile, target it based on their public data.