Facebook to retire @facebook.com email service

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Facebook started the ill fated @facebook.com email service way back in 2010, it gave users the openness of chatting and sending emails via Facebook Messages. The service never really gained true momentum even while being available to over one billion active users, this stunning failure is not slated for discontinuation. The email service lacked many key features found in other web based email services toted for years; the service was never taken seriously by many.

We're making this change because most people haven't been using their Facebook email address.Facebook Spokesperson


The Facebook email service is set it be phased out in early March with users being informed formally on-site first.

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YopPosted:

I've heard of this, but never really thought anything of it.

TelePosted:

I have never even heard of Facebook email...

DV8Posted:

VIT
Valor
Aftercast
Int Glad to see it down, never even heard of it, I guess it wasn't marketed properly.


Nope. It was only for the IM service.


Yeah, no one even knew about it haha kinda funny.


I didn't even know about it, which doesn't surprise me taking it down.


It was a terrible feature to be honest, there really wasn't anyone using it (I believe so) this was honestly a bad decision anyways.

TravitorPosted:

Valor
Aftercast
Int Glad to see it down, never even heard of it, I guess it wasn't marketed properly.


Nope. It was only for the IM service.


Yeah, no one even knew about it haha kinda funny.


I didn't even know about it, which doesn't surprise me taking it down.

ValorPosted:

Aftercast
Int Glad to see it down, never even heard of it, I guess it wasn't marketed properly.


Nope. It was only for the IM service.


Yeah, no one even knew about it haha kinda funny.

IntPosted:

Glad to see it down, never even heard of it, I guess it wasn't marketed properly.

SzaPosted:

Facebook email lol when can people do this well i was never aware of this because im hardly on facebook

DanimalsPosted:

i didnt know they had an email service lol

slapshot101Posted:

CHP wasnt aware you could get an @FB email

It wasn't something you signed up for every user who signed up until this point has been given a email address related to Facebook but most people don't even know about it or even how to use it. It was your first name and whatever number your first name was in line, so if your name was Bob and you were the 200th Bob to sign up, your Facebook email would be [email protected]

TravitorPosted:

Cincinnati Since when was this ''a thing''?


very old. about one or two years after when Facebook first came out.