Breaking Facebook News: The Modern Messaging System

Long in need of an upgrade, Facebook has finally given it a facelift and a ton of new features.

Zuckerberg & Co. has launched what it calls the "Modern Messaging System", a product that integrates IM, chat, SMS and e-mail into one inbox. Its central idea is that messaging should be simple and unified. To peek in, see Mashable's screenshot walkthrough.

Facebook: "See the messages that matter!"

Get Facebook messages, chats and texts all in the same place. Include e-mail by activating your optional @facebook.com e-mail address. See everything you've ever discussed with each friend as a single conversation. Focus on messages from your friends as messages from unknown senders and bulk e-mail go into the Other folder.

According to Zuckerberg, modern messaging is seamless, informal, immediate, personal, simple and minimal. The revamped Facebook Messages will be rolled out to the social network's 500+ million users in the next few months in an invite-only process. To request an invitation, go here.
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"Where's my box of letters? It's locked up in a phone, it's locked up in email. It's not in one place. Until now."



You can read more on The Facebook Blog: See the messages that matter. And one quite opposite opinion: Facebook gets email: maybe not such a good idea. Some security issues are discussed here: Examining the security implications of Facebook Messages.

So how do you feel about the new social inbox?