Did Facebook Bring Us Email 2.0?

Posted by Paul Colligan on Monday, November 15, 2010

As per AllFacebook and TechCrunch, Facebook is launching a “modern messaging” system that brings the world a “social inbox.”

What does this mean? Among other things, you can go email to instant message and back again. The platform finally means nothing as it all comes into their universal inbox.

But it’s a little bigger than that.

Let me explain: I, personally, prefer email. There are others who don’t. I’ve said from day 1 that “Web 2.0″ is meeting people on their terms. This is how we bring messaging into the 2.0 world – on their terms. I can do email, my brother can text, my Mom can message on Facebook, you get the idea – and it all comes into this same universal inbox.

That’s one place to check, one place to respond, awesome.

Zuck said “This isn’t an email killer, this is a messaging system that has email as part of it.” When asked about audio or video being put into the system, he said simply that the focus is more about getting the existing communication pieces into one area than it is about doing something new.

Remember, you can use this system without a Facebook.com email address – that’s the point …

They’re rolling this out over the next few months. He mentioned that everyone will get a Facebook email address with their current user name. They also promised IMAP soon.

I think it’s email 2.0 … What do you think?

Last updated by Paul Colligan at November 15, 2010.

http://www.connectedworldmedia.com davidjacobs

I think it's messaging for what I call the 140 generation. It doesn't need to be an email killer because young people will kill email themselves over time. This is a slow play for Facebook, which is very smart. Sometimes you don't need to completely disrupt; just ride the wave.
paulcolligan

Which is what I think they're doing a perfect job at.
http://www.prolaunchmanager.com Rhuarhii

100m people using Facebook from their mobile phones so integrating 'email' for the 140 generation is a logical next step
paulcolligan

i agree – but i've been running traditional email from my phone for years.
http://twitter.com/jubairsaidi Jubair Saidi

I don't know if it's totally email 2.0 but I would definitely say it is social email 1.0 (in a true universal way anyway). Many companies and professionals would still use email as a means for official communications. I feel that what this system Facebook is rolling out, is making it easier for people to socialize with each other.

I have my current facebook mail set to notifications on my phone, but I also have all my email addresses on my phone as well. I use company specific domains for official communications while I use my gmail account for person ones. What this system would do is allow me to offload more of my social interactions to facebook instead of using gmail and facebook (I correspond socially on both, and frankly use facebook mail more for social personal communication)
paulcolligan

Awesome.
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Yes, they will provide it, But I'll not use it, really facebook is facebook, my email is my email. different things. it's my opinion.
paulcolligan

and the cool thing is – you can keep using what you're using – but now you can use it to people who only want im, sms, or that kind of nonsense.

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