Facebook Messages: A Step Towards an Authentic Internet

Nearly everybody has pored over the Facebook e-mail announcement and various conclusions have been reached, both positive and negative. Most people have been focusing on the utility it offers, or the privacy we might surrender when using it.
In my opinion, people have missed the most important point. Facebook Messages really does have the potential to revolutionize Internet communications, but not for any of the reasons already discussed. I think that Facebook's new e-mail service is the first step towards authentic communication--something that's massively overdue online, and an evolutionary step for the Internet. However, to understand what this means, we need to look at how people communicate online right now.

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