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I don't like Facebook for a host of reasons, and have avoided setting up an account. However, I'm under pressure to do so because of group communications which are taking place on Facebook solely, in a certain Facebook group, leaving me "out of the loop".
I was thinking that perhaps I could utilize Facebook's auto-generated email addresses, and their email notification mechanism, to arrange it so that I only use an email client to conduct Facebook business:
- Be sent a copy of new posts/notes/comments/whatever (i.e. the contents, not just the notice of its existence)
- Be sent a copy, or a direct link, to files that are posted
- Be able to post replies/notes/comments/whatever in continuation of discussions - by sending email
- Avoid being sent other things I'm not interested in, like requests to 'friend' me etc.
- Be notified whenever a relevant discussion/thread/exchange-of-comments/wall-notes/whatever is started
I also thought maybe there's some less-direct way to achieve this, e.g. a mail client plugin, a server constituting some Facebook-to-email bridge, etc.
Notes:
- I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird as a mail client.
- I would rather avoid solutions based on proprietary software and/or Facebook's commercial collaborations.
See my updated notes in the question. I will check out hootsuite though. – einpoklum – 2014-02-15T22:42:08.107