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Yep, Facebook Takes Control Of Fb.com Ahead Of Mail Launch

32 points by atularora 16y ago

pak 16y ago
Pointed out in the comments: Why not use fb.me, which they already owned? fb.me is shorter and easier to remember ("facebook me" being a colloquialism these days, joe.smith@fb.me doesn't sound bad at all). And it subtly encourages people to go back and use the Facebook website instead of sticking with raw email, which I guarantee will be an underpinning to whatever secret email "project" they are finishing up.
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- balakk 16y ago
  fb.com is just two letters for most people. I cant imagine why facebook the site and facebook-mail have to be in different addresses. Most likely the mail feature will be surfaced within the facebook UI. Right now, fb.com redirects to facebook. The Fb.com address is probably just a convenience for both facebook and its users.
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  - dc2k08 16y ago
    There is a an argument for having separate domains so that official correspondence from a website is not easily spoofed. Consider someone creating an account 'payments@facebook.com' or something similar.
  - kmfrk 16y ago
    I agree; the scammer/malware heuristics of regular internet users are likely going to treat fb.com as a false positive. Consider the fact that Facebook's hundred-million demographic comprises people like these: https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_y.... Good point. They can always use it for URL shortening.
- flyt 16y ago
  Many (regular, non tech) people don't know about or understand alternate tld's.
  - pak 16y ago
    I was secretly hopeful this would be an opportunity for somebody with overwhelming mindshare to change that.
- puredemo 16y ago
  The article implies that the fb.com address will be used internally, while the new email accounts will use *@facebook.com
phlux 16y ago
fb.com will jsut further confirm FB asa platform The addition of the features that they have in their roadmap, such as video hosting, email, payments, apps etc really make a compelling case for a long haul plan. With the recent defection of high level googs - it is clear what is planned.
bhiggins 16y ago
OMG HOW EXCITING!!!11111111
jrockway 16y ago
I love TechCrunch. This article links to another article that's an hour old that says mail.facebook.com shows the Exchange webmail portal, and so the new Facebook mail thing is going to be Exchange. Nope guys, that's where the people that work at Facebook get their webmail. Breaking news: Facebook's employees use email!
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- rksprst 16y ago
  Though it would be pretty interesting if FB integrated with Exchange to sync facebook event invites (calendar) and facebook contacts. Would bring Exchange to the "normal" person - probably be a smart move on Microsoft's part.
geoffbp 16y ago
for a few seconds there I was worried that Microsoft might have teamed up with FB to create some strange web portal that included social media, email and documents. nightmare stuff... still, I didn't expect FB to be using Exchange

32 points by atularora 16y ago

pak 16y ago

Pointed out in the comments: Why not use fb.me, which they already owned? fb.me is shorter and easier to remember ("facebook me" being a colloquialism these days, joe.smith@fb.me doesn't sound bad at all). And it subtly encourages people to go back and use the Facebook website instead of sticking with raw email, which I guarantee will be an underpinning to whatever secret email "project" they are finishing up.

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balakk 16y ago
fb.com is just two letters for most people. I cant imagine why facebook the site and facebook-mail have to be in different addresses. Most likely the mail feature will be surfaced within the facebook UI. Right now, fb.com redirects to facebook. The Fb.com address is probably just a convenience for both facebook and its users.
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- dc2k08 16y ago
  There is a an argument for having separate domains so that official correspondence from a website is not easily spoofed. Consider someone creating an account 'payments@facebook.com' or something similar.
- kmfrk 16y ago
  I agree; the scammer/malware heuristics of regular internet users are likely going to treat fb.com as a false positive. Consider the fact that Facebook's hundred-million demographic comprises people like these: https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_y.... Good point. They can always use it for URL shortening.
flyt 16y ago
Many (regular, non tech) people don't know about or understand alternate tld's.
- pak 16y ago
  I was secretly hopeful this would be an opportunity for somebody with overwhelming mindshare to change that.
puredemo 16y ago
The article implies that the fb.com address will be used internally, while the new email accounts will use *@facebook.com

phlux 16y ago

fb.com will jsut further confirm FB asa platform The addition of the features that they have in their roadmap, such as video hosting, email, payments, apps etc really make a compelling case for a long haul plan. With the recent defection of high level googs - it is clear what is planned.

bhiggins 16y ago

OMG HOW EXCITING!!!11111111

jrockway 16y ago

I love TechCrunch. This article links to another article that's an hour old that says mail.facebook.com shows the Exchange webmail portal, and so the new Facebook mail thing is going to be Exchange. Nope guys, that's where the people that work at Facebook get their webmail. Breaking news: Facebook's employees use email!

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rksprst 16y ago
Though it would be pretty interesting if FB integrated with Exchange to sync facebook event invites (calendar) and facebook contacts. Would bring Exchange to the "normal" person - probably be a smart move on Microsoft's part.

geoffbp 16y ago

for a few seconds there I was worried that Microsoft might have teamed up with FB to create some strange web portal that included social media, email and documents. nightmare stuff... still, I didn't expect FB to be using Exchange