{"id":1998,"date":"2007-12-06T08:51:21","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T13:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/12\/06\/at-last-facebook-messages-via-email\/"},"modified":"2007-12-06T08:51:21","modified_gmt":"2007-12-06T13:51:21","slug":"at-last-facebook-messages-via-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/12\/06\/at-last-facebook-messages-via-email\/","title":{"rendered":"At last, Facebook messages via email"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not seeing it yet — at least not in the Facebook messages I’ve gotten so far today — but Mike Arrington says that Facebook is now sending messages straight to you in your email<\/a>, instead of making you click through to read them. This might seem like a small thing, but it is probably the single biggest irritation to me when using a social network such as Facebook, or Ning, or any one of a half dozen others that do the same thing.<\/p>\n

What it says to me every time a social network does that is: “I know I could just send you the message, but I’m forcing you to click through because I’m desperate for the page views.” It’s a thumb in the eye every time you get one of those messages, and I can feel the irritation building as I click through like a sheep — knowing that when I respond, my friend will have to do exactly the same thing to read my reply. This change<\/a> means more to me than allowing me to opt out of Beacon.<\/p>\n

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I’m not seeing it yet — at least not in the Facebook messages I’ve gotten so far today — but Mike Arrington says that Facebook is now sending messages straight to you in your email, instead of making you click through to read them. This might seem like a small thing, but it is probably … <\/p>\n

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