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SITWAP: Facebook changed everyone's e-mails, time to change it back ST -- (link)

Posted by Magic MDH (aka MDH) Jun 25 '12, 11:52

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Argh. -- nm - lileve Jun 25, 12:15
Facebook is so god damn dumb -- nm - Epiphany Jun 25, 12:09
OMG. I recently put two relatives in touch with each other, one of whom uses email but not FB. - con_carne Jun 25, 12:01
Unless I'm misunderstanding, why wouldn't you want them to show an @facebook.com email instead of your own personal? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 25, 11:56 24
- this was my reaction also. People scream about privacy all the time and Facebook is obfuscating your email. I don't get the outrage in general -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 12:05 5
  - I don't share my e-mail on FB, but if I chose to, this would annoy me. - ty97 Jun 25, 12:21
  - I favor keeping facebook messaging separate from email. it assists in keeping spam under control -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 12:14
  - OMG! FACEBOOK CHANGED SOMETHING! PANIC! PANIC! THREATEN TO QUIT! -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 12:11
  - I think it's mainly because FB just did it without asking or telling anyone. But then again, this shouldn't be new either with all the other crap they - sycor Jun 25, 12:06 1
    - I think they fail so often because they view Facebook user data as their data. "How do we leverage our data?" - TWuG Jun 25, 12:17
- Because Facebook unilaterally decided that the Facebook email would be shown by default AND supplant your personal - TWuG Jun 25, 12:02 4
  - Not sure if anyone else noticed but at least on mine the @facebook.com email address is set to "Only Me" so it's not even visible -- nm - oblique Jun 25, 12:06 3
    - I have no @facebook listed at all. (I have nothing public.) -- nm - b. Jun 25, 12:21 1
      - oh, it is there if I drill-down; but totally not a worry, woo. -- nm - b. Jun 25, 12:28
    - I think it went off whatever your other email was set as. So if that was public, the FB email would be public. -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 12:18
- I don't know if I let it show mine at all ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 11:58 10
  - "view [your] profile as" someone to check. (I love this feature. my privacy controls are so flipping tight because of it.) -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 12:15 5
    - It amuses me that G+ is sooo much easier to see what is shared and with whom than Facebook is. - TWuG Jun 25, 12:24 4
      - I actually don't think this is the case. I think facebook is easier and more transparent. (certainly less confusing.) -- nm - amanda Jun 25, 12:32 3
        
        Unpossible. - TWuG Jun 25, 12:40 2
        
        fwiw, I agree with you. - b. Jun 25, 12:51 1
        
        Once you* realize that G+ isn't GoogleBook, then it's easier to see what it's good for. - TWuG Jun 25, 12:57
  - That question is moot now, in any case -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 12:09
  - I am pretty sure I don't. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 12:07
  - this. I also won't give them my phone # or download their stupid app -- nm - sycor Jun 25, 11:59
  - This. -- nm - Magic MDH Jun 25, 11:58
- depends on where you want emails to go to I guess -- nm - decline Jun 25, 11:57 1
  - it auto-forwards to your registered e-mail, doesn't it? -- nm - spamlet Jun 25, 12:11

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