Facebook Has Changed Your Contact Email Without Telling You

[webby]

Without asking for permission, Facebook has changed users' listed email address to one ending in "@facebook.com."
The changed was discovered Saturday, and has resulted in either users having their @facebook.com address being listed or simply having all of their other addresses be hidden.

The @facebook.com email service was announced in 2010, but it hasn't really gained traction as a replacement to other email service. It makes sense for the social network to want to promote its own service, but the way it's gone about it is sure to upset some people.

To change back your email address, go to your profile, click "Update info," scroll down to "Contact Info" and click "Edit." Select with whom you want to share each individual email address and to the right of that choose whether you want your email displayed on your timeline or not.

While users can opt out of having their @facebook.com address listed, the troubling part of the change is how Facebook went about implementing it. The social network didn't as much as announce the change was coming or alert users once it happened.

 

[webby]

others have this happen here?

 

[MrsJrotax101]

I haven't yet...but I think I know a few who have

 

[KennyGS]

Mine was changed, but I never used the one that was there anyway, and don't intend to use theirs.

 

[MrsJrotax101]

Your account just magically appeared as it was

 

[webby]

Mine was changed, but I never used the one that was there anyway, and don't intend to use theirs.

if people would attempt to "contact" you through email... it'd just go to their account or whatever.

 

[bootyluvr]

I see the @facebook.com email but it's not my primary.