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December 15, 2009
 

Enabled For Me! I love it: Facebook's 'reply via email' to status updates

Blam! Just like that: you can now reply to Facebook status updates via email. Just hit 'reply', type out your response, hit 'send', and voila!

I have no idea if it has just been enabled for the entire Facebook userbase, or if it's steadily rolling out as I speak, but three things are for sure: I'm using it right now; it works seamlessly and it's fast. Please let me know if it's enabled for you or not -- I'll try to keep this post updated with the news.

It's been a long time coming, that's for sure. Might this also mean that we'll soon be able to reply to Facebook mail via our email accounts? I sure hope so. Anything to avoid ads that remind me of my continued bachelorhood.

Update: It's a gradual roll-out, so not everyone will have it enabled yet. It also works for any status 'thread' that you are a participant of, not just your own.

via downloadsquad.com

Filed under  //   facebook clippings   features and upgrades  

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December 9, 2009
 

Privacy on Facebook's Agenda; Our Data is Most Valued Commodity

While Facebook’s spinning the changes largely as being about making things easier for users (which is true; the current privacy settings are enormously complex if you care to dive in), it’s also all about encouraging them to share more stuff publicly by letting them choose an “everyone” option each time they post something.

That will be key for Facebook (Facebook) becoming as valuable as Twitter (Twitter) in the realm of real-time search, where both are now integrated in Google. Although it has many times more users than Twitter, to date, most Facebook data remains private and, hence, inaccessible to search engines. We’ll see how that starts to change after today.

via mashable.com

Filed under  //   consumer behavior   facebook clippings   privacy issues   transparency on the web  

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