[AusNOG] Facebook - the next phase

[Skeeve Stevens]

Hey all,

Just an interesting new phase in Facebook with the new message system.

They've enhanced the message systems with a new mashup view, but also have turned on email for Facebook accounts.

A while ago they announced Facebook urls: facebook.com/eintellego

And in the last couple of days, when you turn on your new messaging system, they issue an email address related to your short-link above.  So as of now I have the eintellego at facebook.com<mailto:eintellego at facebook.com> address which can have email sent to it and replied.

Why is this important?

Well, this would be the first very direct shot across the bow at Google and will create, almost instantly a competitor to Gmail with a potential of 500 million users.  That is quite interesting operationally to ausnog members from a consideration perspective.

What we're about to see is a domain (facebook.com) with almost no users, turn into one of the biggest senders and receivers of emails world wide.

Immediate things that come to mind are the possible abuses of applications sending email on your behalf.

Worthy of discussion I think.

Btw… I am not saying this is good or bad… Just very interesting.

...Skeeve

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