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Author:  timark_uk [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Facebook gets personal
Quote:
Facebook has bowed to pressure to allow personalised URLs to replace the current cumbersome addresses used to identify each user.
http://www.macuser.co.uk/news/255547/
I'll be there for the scramble, I just hope no-one cybersquats my username. (8+|

Mark
Author:  saspro [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
5am scramble :shock: I'm glad I've got a small child who'll wake me for it.
Author:  timark_uk [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
saspro wrote:
5am scramble
I'm hoping that's 5am U.S. time.

Mark
Author:  saspro [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
timark_uk wrote:
saspro wrote:
5am scramble
I'm hoping that's 5am U.S. time.

Mark

Nope

MacUser article in OP link wrote:
The great Facebook username scramble will begin at 5am BST (12.01am EDT) on 13 June.
Author:  timark_uk [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
I missed the BST bit. Bugger. I fear cybersquatting will occur, though I am up at 6am on Saturday because I've to be in work, so it's possible I can get the one I want. We'll see.

Mark
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
I rather suspect I’ll miss this.
Author:  Nick [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
I couldn't care less.

:lol:
Author:  DaftFunk [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
I wonder if their servers will take the load. Perhaps that's why it's at an odd time, well for us anyway.
Author:  timark_uk [ Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
I can now be found at facebook.com/SciFiGeek.
(8+)
There didn't appear to be any server load issues when I claimed my username at about twenty to six this morning.

Mark
Author:  gavomatic57 [ Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
I'm now gavin.lewis - not an uncommon name yet it's all mine!

There was no scramble, but there was no link to be found without googling and looking for the facebook blog, so I'm not that surprised.
Author:  DaftFunk [ Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
I'm facebook.com/liamrickerby kept it the same as my twitter
Author:  paulzolo [ Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
I’m paul.dunning :-)

A fairly uncommon name, but I do know that my doctor’s surgery has another prson with my name on their books. They rang me with his blood work results once :o
Author:  okenobi [ Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
Shockingly enough, I'm okenobi. But really, what's the point :roll:
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
Yeah, I grabbed my name as well. Not my username, nothing witty.
Tip: That amusing email address you had in university? Don't use it on job applications or CVs.
Author:  timark_uk [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Facebook gets personal
okenobi wrote:
But really, what's the point :roll:
If you don't have a particular web presence or persona that's important to you, then I guess there really isn't a point.
For those that do - in which group I include myself - there is a vested interest in making sure you get the name you want.

Mark
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