kids these days...

[gusl]

Since when is Facebook the standard way of emailing someone?

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[leigh-a.livejournal.com]

I got a job offer in a Facebook message once.

[gwillen.livejournal.com]

Heh, I got one of those yesterday.

To be fair, it was from Facebook, Inc...

[puellavulnerata.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

Didn't you know that only old people use e-mail? Open standards and not giving up control of your personal data to some corporate server are so 1990s.

[easwaran.livejournal.com]

There have been a few occasions for me when that's been useful, since I don't know which e-mail address is current, but I"m sure the person uses Facebook. It really bothered me the first couple times people did it to me. But I recently got a conference invitation through Facebook, so who knows.

[surrey-sucks.livejournal.com]

There have been a few occasions for me when that's been useful, since I don't know which e-mail address is current, but I"m sure the person uses Facebook.

Yes, that is one of the reasons why I have emailed people through FB.

I hate FB (I only keep my account because I would miss out on invitations and keeping in touch with people if I deleted my account), yet I have developed the bad habit of emailing people through FB when I can just as easily email people by proper email. I think part of the reason I do this is because people are more likely to ignore or not see your email if it's not via FB. Although, I do feel silly emailing my sister via FB! But she does it as well.

[easwaran.livejournal.com]

That's strange - I'm more likely to ignore a facebook message than a real e-mail, but I shouldn't guess that I'm standard in any way.

[surrey-sucks.livejournal.com]

Also, my email address is not my name, so people who I do not email frequently may not realize it's me.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

Or, worse: twitter. ?!

[glapaloopscap.livejournal.com]

It's been normal for a couple of years. I use facebook and regular email. Lots of times I want to contact someone whose email I don't have, and I'm facebook friends with them. Also when you facebook message someone, it usually sends them an email to let them know.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

If someone messages me on Twitter, chances are I'll never get it.

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

In an ideal world, sending a Facebook message would put your email address in the reply-to (or at least offer this option), so that they can reply to you directly. But this is not in Facebook's interests.

[mapjunkie.livejournal.com]

That would be about 2006