Anger after millions are given a public @facebook e-mail address – without being told.
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There is a distinct Facebook backlash in the air after the network forced e-mail address on all 901 million plus users – whether they like it or not.
The change occurred over the weekend as Facebook community took to rival Twitter to vent their anger and its clear they’re not happy campers :
“FACEBOOK USERS! FB took the liberty to change our default emails this morning for ones that they have created for each user! RT and CHANGE!” one incensed Facebook user wrote.
“@Facebook stop trying to make ‘@facebook.com’ emails happen, it is NOT going to happen!” another angry Facebooker tweeted.
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The change means you can’t delete your @facebook address from your acount but you can still keep your other Gmail or Hotmail addresses.
However, you can hide you Facebook address from public view if you dont want FB e-mails (but its pretty obvious..your user name followed by @facebook.com).
“We basically defaulted to show your Facebook address as we rolled this out, just to keep it consistent for everyone,”Meredith Chin, Facebook’s manager of product communications, told CNN.
But it appears to be a clever way of Facebook trying to increase the amount of time users spend on the social network site, which has slowed in user growth, according to comScore (although lets face it, 901 million users is no mean feat).
Facebook first launched emails in 2010, but it was optional whether users signed up for yet another email address or not.
Now its just been forced upon the community, without even informing users. The address have not been rolled out to all 901 million Facebookers but will be in the coming weeks.
