Facebook officially unveiled their much hyped chat service today. The social networking giant flicked the switch on the service which allows users of Facebook to message their friends quickly and efficiently from any page in Facebook. After a user agrees to go online they are greeted with their friends list in a pop up form on within an integrated version at the bottom of Facebook pages. Interestingly the connection doesn’t appear to be SSL so it might be possible for bad guys to sniff any conversations with your friends.

Facebook is in the middle of a re-design aimed to promote aggregation for users personally. In a message to Facebook users the company says “As you have seen in our screen shots, the ‘Wall’ tab of your profile has a new emphasis on recent activity. We think this is the information that your friends care the most about, and the information that will recap what you have been up to lately. This change shouldn’t make you feel uncomfortable, and to ensure this we will be giving you control over what information is displayed about you. What’s really important is that you have a say in what information is being shared about you, and in turn, your friends have an easy way to see it.” It’s not clear how big corporations and businesses will deal with the new chat service as it’s so well integrated it may not be an easy task to block without blocking the whole of Facebook.

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my m8 at work has just been binbagged by his missus for having an online fling with an old GF from his school days lmao all i can say is its sad i wouldnt use the site at all just something that doesnt appeal to me

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one of my friends wife's just gone off with her old flame from school after joining facebook,

join facebook and wreck your marriage!!

its amazing what a site like this can stir in the trouser dept and wreck everything

Exactly, they just get thinking about the old days and before they know it whatever they've done since goes down the pan and some people just want to try to re-capture how they once felt - especially if they are feeling a bit low or going through a mid life crisis type of scenario - site's like that can be a dangerous place for a current relationship but I suppose it depends on the person really.

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Yep, you are so right DM. It all depends on how trustworthy the person is to begin with. It is really no different than remaining friends with old girlfriends or other schoolmates. If you are content with your current relationship, there is no need to worry. If your mate has wondering eyes and has been sorely tempted in the past, then you might have something to worry about.

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