FaceBook Usernames: The Gold Rush is Upon Us!
For those of you who have been long frustrated by the fact that you can’t have a reasonable freakin FaceBook username, and instead have to have something like http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1529863541, well the times they are a changin’!
Tomorrow you are going to be able to choose your own username for your shortened FaceBook URL. So, you could get http://www.facebook.com/SexyBeast for example (that’s probably already been pre-assigned to me. Sorry.). But you are going to have to compete with millions of other people who are trying to do the same thing! So you better get there quick, and pray to the gods of everything technical that the FaceBook servers can handle the onslaught! (I’m betting they WON’T.)
Choosing a name is supposed to be simple. Just go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ and I guess as long as you are logged in you’ll be able to pick it. Right now it just shows a countdown timer, and I already had problems loading the page once, so I’m telling you the demand is going to be fierce.
Anyway, if you’re a loyal OMB reader drop your new FaceBook URL into the comments when you get it so I can go check you out! Oh, and friend me while you’re there if you haven’t already…
One email per post. Twenty years of this, still going. Unsubscribe whenever.
It was amazing how quickly names were taken, including uncommon names. “AaronHall” was taken within 15 minutes, because that’s when I tried to get it. It makes you feel bad for John Smith, who had to settle for johnsmith2845.
What did you get?
My name is quite a common one in South Africa, so I had to settle for /jacques.snyman1
I suppose that means I am Jacques Snyman No 1 !!!! At least I got my name on twitter, as well as the .com url reserved…..
Well they have taken steps to prevent misuse, which is great :)