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If I can send a message to anyone I know or have met (in real-time, asychronously, or by video), who will receive it on their phone or computer immediately, wit
by helipad 14y ago
If I can send a message to anyone I know or have met (in real-time, asychronously, or by video), who will receive it on their phone or computer immediately, without having to remember a number or address, I'd call that earth-changing.
I don't know if Facebook will be a successful business, or if more convenient ways of communicating will appear in the future, but the ability to let me easily communicate with all my friends and family is as earth-changing as I'm going to need it.
- stef25 14y agoIn that aspect Skype is no different: sender and receiver need an account, you need to know whatever the FB name is of whoever you're messaging, you have to have an app (mobile app or browser) running on your device to be aware of the message. Main difference in messaging is Skype doesn't allow you to message offline users, I think.
- lmm 14y agoIt does. My group of friends use it as a pure text IM system; crazy as it seems, it works better than anything else we've tried (e.g. if you're signed into Jabber from two devices, messages for you will only go to one of them).
- rbn 14y agoSkype and Facebook are very close to each other. Skype powers Facebook video chat and you can use FB in the Skype client. Also Skype is owned by Microsoft, arguably Facebook's biggest ally.