My yahoo email is just fine. Problem I find with FB is that they send you junk to your FB, base on what you look at or join.

I can't trust facebook ... they are organized hackers and now they want to hack our smartphone's text messages and mails also to know what's important to us and will sell it in market ... they sucks big time and I really feel that there is no need of such integration as I already use multiple emails for different groups I communicate with ... different for family and friends, office and even if I need to search a room .. I will create a new email and forget about it once done ... clean .. right...still let's see what they come up with.

Facebook has so many security breaches that I am not going to trust them with my e-mail.

And I'm not even talking about their intentional privacy violations.

Wont use it. I HATE text messages and instant messaging. I dont believe in Facebooks privacy settings, and since your facebook profile is scrutinized by employers, is it going to become possible for employers to search your messaging history too? I have a few old frineds that I chat with on FB, and I post pictures of cats and junk, but for the most part I want to remove all my facebook history permanently. Any fun social events I have attended, or political views expressed, or heated comment arguments of the past should not be available to be hacked or scrutinized.

"Development of Facebook Messages took more than a year and involved the largest team Facebook's ever assembled for a product -- 15 engineers, Bosworth said. "

Wow, 15 engineers for a whole year! It must be good.

why should i trust a company like facebook with my personal emails? they already have a bad track record with user privacy. using facebook email would be like shouting your social security number in the middle of a shopping mall

Facebook has created a multitude of problems for young children who do not understand the ramifications of what they write.

These young students (mostly girls) should be writing in a diary and not on Facebook.

Due to problems several years ago, our child is no longer allowed to use any social network.

Many will regret what they wrote through 5th grade on.

In addition it takes time away from school, and has been used in bullying.

Facebook is banned in our home.

The sad thing is that our child tells me that several of her teachers at Jordan spend their time on Facebook while the kids watch a movie or are required to do some "busy work" assignment.

I know this is true, because I have witnessed it (as a parent volunteer) and have other students who have told me certain teachers play on Facebook.

Even with parental controls and "friends only" kids will abuse it, and they do not understand the possible long term effects of what they post.

Facebook People Reading This - Please consider putting an age limit of 16 for use of Facebook. The Friends Only does not work.

Teachers reading this - Stop using Facebook during school time. If you feel that you need to use a social network, do it at home.

Complainers - I have taken the course offered by Facebook offered to parents.

Oh so they will control ALL your online activities? No thank you.

I can see the need for something new and more integrated, but hopefully it won't be Facebook. I think the posts above reflect the views that most people have of Facebook now. The honeymoon is over - trust is gone. Someone else will take the opportunity to jump in.

Our family is about to get off Facebook. They have earned my mistrust.

I echo the sentiments of Parent, with a child at Jordan... the teachers involved should be absolutely ashamed of their behavior, and given they have a continuous litany of demands for parents as to what should be worn, how much time spent on homework, etc., they better realize that little eyes look to THEM too, to show them what adults REALLY view as important.

The alternative for the kids seeing you as an actual role model is seeing you as a complete hypocrite.

Watch what you do, you ARE being watched even when you think you aren't.

I find facebook a good place to find people time has lost and a place to share things that I dont care if the general public knows about me.

However, I wont put my email there. Why? Because like the rest of you I dont trust facebook with my privacy. I dont trust facebook not to share my email content.

"However, I wont put my email there."
I wouldn't use it for email either. But that isn't a problem since it's not email. It's a record of all your messages with each of your friends. You're not going to be using it to maintain your relationship with your bank.
Facebook is supposed to be addressing the problem of not all friends being equal. Rockmelt (the new "social" browser) allows you to select friends you're most active friends.
"I can see the need for something new and more integrated, but hopefully it won't be Facebook."
Who else? Facebook is the only one with a list of all your friends. Without that information, you just have a list of contacts.

"But that isn't a problem since it's not email"

part of FB's proposal is to add email, you will be offerred an email address after they roll it out. They apparently are looking to knock off Google's gmail. I dont think they can, because of how fast and loose FB plays with their user's privacies. Also facebook is pretty buggy and the UI is not that great, its ok, but they have actually changed a number of things that have made usage harder, not easier. For a social network, who cares, for my email, I care. So yes, they can have my messages where I catch up with my old high school buddy. They cant have my receipts from Amazon.

Don't trust facebook w/ your email. They have lied about privacy issues and the same will happen w/ their email.
After it happens...what another full page ad saying were sorry we lied, everything is better now?!
Funny, after I stop using facebook, less junk email.

I think he is right, that it will be the future of communication, but I don't necessarily think Facebook will be doing it. Fb will be the pioneer for some other system which we will all use and Fb may be taken over by it, but not for the next few years, but in ten years, who knows?

In the meantime, I would use it for keeping in touch with family and friends, for catching up on our own social news and events and finding long lost friends. But, with the privacy concerns we have, there is no reason to use it for anything that we don't want generally known. I agree with the poster who said that Fb can have the catchup with old high school friends and family gossip, but don't let them see your Amazon business or even your vacation plans of when your house will be empty. Use it the way we savvy people use Fb, but don't extend it beyond that.

Privacy settings mean nothing as Facebook routinely sells the privilege of accessing "private" accounts.

I am getting sick and tired of Facebook ... it is really getting old. First, it's a great idea to have your name and face out so people can find you, and you can find people ... that's it. Why all the other draconian measure, they stupid games, the constant updates. FB has no confidence in itself or understanding of what it really provides. Everyone one of these Internet portals all tries to be everything and do everything, and FB is really annoying because it is everywhere you go on the web, it's like something looking over your shoulder. I will eventually exit FB if this intrusiveness continues.

Consumers want a world wide web that does their bidding, not one that is constantly irritating them.

Just heard that Facebook is trademarking the word "Face". I wonder what Steve Jobs and his Facetime group think about that?