Facebook just switched your default e-mail address

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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   Yes, they did.
   
   http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/25/tech/soci … index.html

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      HowToStoreposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      http://workathomemums.hubpages.com/hub/ … ok-profile
      
      Here is how to fix it

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   Cagsilposted 11 years ago

   My default setting for e-mail address was not touched by Facebook. It remains as it was.

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      paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      They sure as heck switched mine! Now I can't figure out how to access it yet. I am but a shadow of my former self....

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         Sally's Troveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         They switched mine, too.
         
         Just plow through the cnn article to change it back. It's a pain in the butt to figure out, but it can be done (fb doesn't make it easy).
         
         Thanks so much for this alert. Who knew? LOL

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            HowToStoreposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Here is a simple way to fix it http://workathomemums.hubpages.com/hub/ … ok-profile

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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   Well, I just sent regards to myself. Popped up in my messages in about a millisecond. I suppose I'll find some use for the thing.

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      Sally's Troveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That's the spirit! I just shut the da** thing down. That makes you more adventurous than I.

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   CloudExplorerposted 11 years ago

   I need to see what this is all about, it sound really weird, but you know how cyber space is, things get shifted around all the time. Lets hope its not going to hurt us any, darn FB changes.

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   jacharlessposted 11 years ago

   The supposed switch was from your primary account email me@gmail.com to username@facebook.com in a valiant attempt to expand the messaging system used by Facebook for user communication. You can change the settings to hide it or both email addresses from the public and friends. In addition can set permissions for private messaging, avoiding unwanted messages, spam, and soon to be Facebook ads at the bottom/or right of each message {like gmail}.

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   iefox5posted 11 years ago

   What??? I never know this, how could facebook do this without my permission?

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      jacharlessposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Folks really need to read the entire TOS and Privacy Policy of sites they join. Facebook & Twitter have people by the b@!!s, and they do not even know it.
      
      Join Badoo, its much more transparent.

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   Greekgeekposted 11 years ago

   Not my email address. I deleted my Facebook account 3 years ago. (And again 2 years ago, as Facebook used to simply "deactivate" your account so that all the info remained there, until a threat of a class action lawsuit forced them to let people delete accounts.)
   
   I stick with Livejournal and Dreamwidth. Privacy respected, and I'm not getting my personal data mined and sold to commercial interests.

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