First, let me just get this out of the way: if you have an invite to the new Facebook Messages, I'd
really like one
I'm not even sure that I'll use it, but I like being an early adopter and giving things a chance.
With that out of the way, what do you think about the concept behind Facebook's new messaging tool? If you've already got access to it, what do you think about it in practice?
If you don't know what I'm talking about, here's a brief video which explains the concept:
If you still want a little more info, this article provides a decent outline of thoughts:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opini...ur-E-Mail-5813
Surprisingly, I'm not all that concerned about privacy with this one. With the exception of a serious bug (one that was fixed the same day), Facebook has never made private conversations like chats and messages public. They benefit from making a lot of things public, but messages is not one of them. Instead, my main concern is simple: will I like it more than GMail?
On the plus side, one of the developers who helped create GMail at Google is now working at Facebook - and he is involved in the new Facebook Messages. Still, GMail is incredibly elegant and powerful (more powerful than most people even realize), and it will take a lot to pull me away - especially as Google is moving in the same direction as Facebook, just from the opposite angle (E-Mail -> Social, rather than Social -> E-Mail).
What are your thoughts?