Facebook's Message About Email Address Changes Didn't Reach Users

Lots of people are pretty ticked off that Facebook went ahead and changed the email address on individual accounts to an @facebook.com address. However, the company says people were told this was going to happen way back in April.

Users can change the email address to a preferred one, or omit that detail all together. Tech sites have been writing stories helping users to do just that.

“The firestorm over a relatively minor change to user profiles illustrates the palpable influence of Facebook on its audience of more than 900 million users,” writes The

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