Say Goodbye To Facebook.com Email Addresses

Facebook.com email addresses never quite caught on, and they became the source of controversy when the social network substituted users’ Facebook.com email addresses for their authentic email addresses in June 2012. Now, Facebook is pulling the plug on the ill-fated feature.

RustedMailbox650Facebook.com email addresses never quite caught on, and they became the source of controversy when the social network substituted users’ Facebook.com email addresses for their authentic email addresses in June 2012. Now, Facebook is pulling the plug on the ill-fated feature.

A Facebook spokeswoman confirmed the move to sister blog Inside Facebook, saying:

Over the next few weeks, we’re notifying people who use their Facebook.com email that the feature is changing. When someone sends an email to your Facebook.com

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