I was just talking to someone about this service today. I don't think I ever tried it.
When it launched I still actively used Facebook, but it was a slow rollout and I didn't have access at that time. Since then, I've stopped using Facebook for almost everything and after the initial launch, all but forgot about it.
The recent purchase of WhatsApp however, reminded me of their email service and I remarked how reminiscent it was of the move in the late 90's from email to IM.
I'm sort of surprised that they are retiring it entirely as I thought they'd use the messaging app to drive higher adoption rates of their email service, akin to Hangouts integrating with GMail. I thought it would actually be a good strategy. I guess it's hard to convert the masses to another email system when most users are probably happy with what they've already got.
When it launched I still actively used Facebook, but it was a slow rollout and I didn't have access at that time. Since then, I've stopped using Facebook for almost everything and after the initial launch, all but forgot about it.
The recent purchase of WhatsApp however, reminded me of their email service and I remarked how reminiscent it was of the move in the late 90's from email to IM.
I'm sort of surprised that they are retiring it entirely as I thought they'd use the messaging app to drive higher adoption rates of their email service, akin to Hangouts integrating with GMail. I thought it would actually be a good strategy. I guess it's hard to convert the masses to another email system when most users are probably happy with what they've already got.