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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 da
by 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 agofb.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 agoThere 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 agoI 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 agoMany (regular, non tech) people don't know about or understand alternate tld's.
- pak 16y agoI was secretly hopeful this would be an opportunity for somebody with overwhelming mindshare to change that.
- puredemo 16y agoThe article implies that the fb.com address will be used internally, while the new email accounts will use *@facebook.com