People are going mostly for the crazy names, those are the ones that'll get booked up quickly. The actual names are less likely to get filled initially, unless of course your name is John Smith - in which case you have a lot of competition.
I'm not one for internet bullying, so consider this a critique. I wanted to see what this was about, so found one link randomly (yours) and clicked it. I read three things, and realized you appear to be a total douche. "Blogging, reading blogs, entrepreneurship." Why not include pole-smoking and being a brown nosing sycophant who thinks too highly of himself? I was going to leave it at that, but I'm so intrigued by you I'm going to read the rest, and try to take you off your high horse so you can do something about it. Not that everything on there is bad, the Ronald Reagan quotes, for instance, are great, but for your betterment as a person, and so when you 'friend' people on facebook they don't accept it, laugh you behind your back, and secretly hate you, which anyone who reads your facebook will. It takes a stranger to say this. 1. I'm not going to insult looks, and you're not necessarily bad looking. But that pictures is, well, the first douchy thing people see. Let's see a picture of you smiling, not shrugging in a "I don't know how I got so awesome" way. 2. You say 'spritual' for religion (total douchy thing to do), and mention what seems to be a judeo-christian God. Claim Christianity or pick a religion, don't say 'spirituality' like you're some guru. If you don't actually practice a religion, but would like to make it known you don't think there's more to life than what we know, say something witty like 'It's complicated." But not 'spirituality.' 3. You do more than read and write blogs. I don't actual think your a douche, you do something else, so say it. Do you work out? Do you read? Do you play an instrument? And twittering is not an activity. 4. Your interests are mostly fine. Reading is more an activity, I would say. I like that roller coasters is on there. See? It's fun, not phony, and unique, which I think is your ultimate goal. I find it interesting you say "helping people," but we'll return to that shortly. 5. I dig the variety of music. Douches only listen to one type: Bad. So nicely done. 6. TV Shows are good. But the Mole? Oh well. 7. Movies: I wouldn't agree, since i don't like those movies, but they're fine EXCEPT FOR The Secret. If you really like it, fine, but consider this: Do you really think they know the secret to your happiness? Is that a universal truth that can be sold in a book and on a movie? Or are they asshats that spurt generic platitudes that people buy into because they sound pretty. 8. How about some books not about Economics and being successful? You know what most successful people who are in those book never did? Took advice from books on 'how to be successful.' And you're interests, as stated by 'Roller Coasters,' are more interesting than success and business. You have no favorite literary classics? A Tale of Two Cities? Les Miserables? Contemporary novels, mystery novels, historical nonfiction, anything besides business books? The way you present them here are "Hey, I read a lot about business! I'm sooooo interesting, see?" It doesn't make you interesting, it makes you less interesting. And, once again, a total douche. Maybe quote SOMEONE else than Ronald Reagan. 9. Okay here's the meat of it, the About Me section... -Flaky People... Sure, keep it. It's weird, but alright. -Users don't deserve my time... Excuse me, what the fuck did you just say? As someone who is spiritual, and who claims their interest is 'helping people,' maybe you shouldn't sound like such a heartless asshole (which, later on down the list, you don't have room for). They are people too, often people in trouble who could use help. But if they're not worth your precious, holier-than-thou minutes, maybe you can use them time raising that ivory tower a few more inches. -I'm going to skip the rest of the hypocrisy and get to the point. You're a 24 year old who works at Macy's. You're not fucking Buddha here. The wisdom you spurt in the 'about me' section is generic, one lined cliches that you're trying to use to get people to think you're a thoughtful or insightful person, but once again, it's a douchey thing to do. And besides, they can all be summarized in two words that actually DO make you look like a kind, caring, even wise person: "Be good." If you only left "Don't forget to have fun," it would be great. We already know you're hardworking, you've beaten it into our skull at this point. -Looking for fellow entrepreneurs on facebook... good luck, i guess. -You claim to want to help others again. Except, you know, drug addicts. -You say you want to meet people who want to meet interesting people, implying of course you're an interesting person. Don't make that claim because A. it's arrogant, even if it's true. B. I'm not convinced it's true. C. If it is true, and you acknowledge it, you're immediately less interesting, because douchebags aren't that interesting. -You'll retort back to me that I'm a negative person, but I'm really not. I'm a thriving optimist. That's why I don't believe you're an actual douchebag, just that you don't quite see the appearance you're giving with your facebook. -Motivational tapes... Like books about how to be successful, successful people never used them. Now if you need them for other reasons (like to kick an addiction, or to remain strong in faith) that's different, but if they're motivating you to be successful, well... I just think that sort of stuff comes from within.
I'm adding you to my bookmarks. I'll be interested to see if you ignore this as an internet asshole or if you'll change it for the better. But I think you should, and maybe there'll be more on your wall than, y'know, you. I think you're a good person that means well, but is a little clueless on how to present it.
I also write this as someone who once had, and maybe even still has, some of the same arrogance that plagues your page. You seem like a good guy who wants people to know he's a good guy. Don't force it, let it happen. I'll be watching. Like a stalker.
Creepy.
Susie
· 5 months ago
Who ever you are: you are a phenom and I'd love you to analyzes me...and no, spelling errors are totally acceptable because spell check doesn't know EVERY word there is out there, so there. Any way I do enjoy your way of thinking. Thanks for giving me a special moment here in "onlinesville" Love to hear back from you if you have the time. I hope I don't make you mad at me anytime soon
j
· 5 months ago
epic
Justin
· 5 months ago
Wow, buddy. At first, I thought, "wow, here goes another internet asshole." I clicked his Facebook link and read along with your analysis and realized I am also an internet asshole. This Scott Bradley also happens to be pretty much the same kind of person as my older brother. I have analyzed my brother time and time again to figure out what his problem is, and I must say, you have nailed it. Too much forcing! Need to let it happen. I hope Scott reads your post and at least comprehends it, if not heed it in full.
Cecilala
· 5 months ago
For someone who represents himself as a non-Internet bully, you certainly do a spectacular job of being a perfect example of what you claim not to be. You are, unequivocally, an Internet bully and have a deep-seated need for attention. Your claim to have found a random link is laughable; Scott's link is directly above your post, which hardly makes it random.
I didn't need to read three things about you before I concluded that you, sir, are the total douche. While Mr. Bradley's Facebook page may not live up to your profile-writing standards, his profile is not one which deserves such severe criticism. Where is your profile? You supplied no link for him to follow, just a set of directives which are supposed to snap him into producing a profile which fits your - uh - standards. Are you Kidding? I laugh at the thought! Please leave me a link to YOUR profile so I can offer the "service" you offered Mr. Bradley and leave a critique - for your benefit, of course. Why else would I choose to humiliate you in public? I don't know you, I haven't spent three minutes in conversation with you, but I feel that gives me every right to make you look like a moron in front of millions of people. Sound familiar and fair?
Now, see, I don't think there's anything wrong with Scott's interests. He says he likes to read and write blogs (which makes him at peace with most of the Internet nation), and you have the nerve to call him a sycophant who thinks too highly of himself. You know, it's funny - because that's exactly what I see in you. You have either had too many minions or you have been badly psychologically abused and are using those as excuses to take your frustrations out on other people, people you don't know and have no idea how they will be affected by the horror of your words. There's nothing wrong with the word "spirituality," either. He's not claiming to be a guru (you're doing that right here in River City); he's telling you he's interested in God in many different ways. There's nothing complicated about that, and, if you'd given yourself time to think about it, you may have realized the difference between spirituality and "it's complicated." There is absolutely no reason for him to "pick a religion." That isn't any of your or anyone else's business. Further, being on the Internet IS an activity - whether on Facebook or Fannybook - OR on Twitter, it's an activity and, if you are going to classify reading as an activity, then you would also have to allow reading ON THE INTERNET as an activity, not just reading a book which you can hold in your hands. That's just downright stoopid with to "Os."
Why is what Mr. Bradley does so important to you, anyway? Why do you want to know if he reads or plays an instrument (or sits in the middle of the street at high noon having a picnic with a baboon)? And what's with that "Do you work out?" question? Why do you want to know?
He has defined "helping people" in his own terms. If he ponders it he will see the dichotomy, so you may have served a purpose on that point; however, that's something you could have sent him in a private message, used kinder words (you know, as in "helping people?") though again, it's none of your business.
There are, most likely, millions of people walking about the planet who do not have favorite literary classics. Why is this so important? How does this make one a better person? Obviously, the two literary classics you claim to have read have done nothing for your character - after reading "Les Miserables" and "A Tale of Two Cities" (you did read them, right?), one would think you'd be more sympathetic and less critical to others, but those social messages seem to have been wasted on you.
You say: "I'm adding you to my bookmarks. I'll be interested to see if you ignore this as an Internet asshole or if you'll change it for the better. But I think you should, and maybe there'll be more on your wall than, y'know, you. I think you're a good person that means well, but is a little clueless on how to present it.
I also write this as someone who once had, and maybe even still has, some of the same arrogance that plagues your page. You seem like a good guy who wants people to know he's a good guy. Don't force it, let it happen. I'll be watching. Like a stalker.
In summation, I will say I'm happy to know you're pleased with Mr. Bradley's choice of mentioning roller coasters in his profile. After all, who out there isn't looking for YOUR approval? And don't talk about douche bags unless yours is spotless. Also, I'm prompted to ask - who the hell do you think you are?
Really wanted facebook.com/alana ... ended up with facebook.com/alanamarie ... and i'm ok with it!!!
tim
· 5 months ago
facebook.com/timhsu . boring, but it works
Ariel
· 5 months ago
yup, got mine! not that it was hard or anything http://www.facebook.com/arielbravy It's cool to see that username in the URL replacing the 203489039 thingy too. I like that more than having a shorter URL to give people. Searching by name always worked easily enough.
nuvs
· 5 months ago
Didn't notice they had already replaced the old URL with the new. That's very fast work!
I had hoped for /nuvs, but it's too short. Had to settle for /nuvs.jain
Ariel Campos
· 5 months ago
So fellow Ariel, any reason why facebook.com/ariel is taken? I've been wandering the Internets trying to figure this out!
chuck
· 5 months ago
I'll bet that Disney reserved it for trademark reasons. I reserved a bunch on behalf of my company Friday afternoon.
Justin
· 5 months ago
Registered facebook.com/frechette without any problems!
That's an impressive statistic, I'm expecting my friends will grab their names with no bother and be like 'Joe, why were you up at that time of the morning for a Facebook Vanity URL' haha!
Went with http://www.facebook.com/sara.reffler but I had a seriously hard time deciding... Ultimately, the fact that you can get to my page with or without the period makes me happy. So double username win?
MariSmith
· 5 months ago
Woohoooo - Delighted to now be http://facebook.com/marismith for my Facebook Fan Page. Thanks for the awesome coverage in the cool Mashable lounge. Really nifty tech! ;)
mark mayhew
· 5 months ago
wtf is "woohooo"... r u retarded?
Susie
· 5 months ago
Hey! That's not PC live in a kinder, gentler friendlier world. Walk it off my friend
Susie
· 5 months ago
Didn't your Mama teach you not to be mean? Just because you're not in front of someone talking straight at them does not give you reason to be rude.
I tried to get /thetruth or /truth and neither were available. I don't think Facebook is letting anyone have these URLS though because they're not live.
I got my personal one though :) /christine.dela.rosa
Tysong is my new facebook name, but still amazed that that ear-chewing, criminal Mike Tyson has my username... That's just not right.... now wishing i picked another name
amiata
· 5 months ago
I was able to get my personal profile page but how do you register publisher fan pages?
Liam Daly
· 5 months ago
I read fan pages needed 1000 people on them and be registered before a certain date.
Justin
· 5 months ago
Registered facebook.com/frechette without any problems!
Victoria McGinley
· 5 months ago
I GOT MINE! facebook.com/victoriamcginley
Secured it before the other 2 Victoria McGinley's could get to it. It was a race to the finish, I'm sure.
Zack Shapiro
· 5 months ago
Facebook.com/ZackShapiro
I got what I wanted.
douglaspaul
· 5 months ago
/douglaspaul
i'm a grown up and there won't do stupidness like some people i know. i even got a username for my fan page (/brooklynnyc). i totally forgot about it tho so i couldn't snatch up /brooklyn or /bklyn. no big deal tho. it's all good.
Yep, got www.facebook.com/rockson in less then 15 seconds of going live. Lovin it! Branded on twitter too.
summer
· 5 months ago
I tried to snag "summer" (and I knew it would be a long shot), but it wasn't available at 12:01. And still, as of 12:24, http://www.facebook.com/summer is a Page Not Found mess.
I don't get it. I mean, I got my first + last name, which is good, but...I'd like to at least SEE who beat me to "summer".
It was a toss up between esnyder and angelmercury. esnyder was taken so facebook.com/angelmercury is what I ended up with. Could've been worse, I've been angelmercury since the early 90's. Your handle is you eventually... or something like that. ^.^;
nah, as the saying goes, "the early bird gets the /paulhale". congrats.
Winston
· 5 months ago
The username "winston" is not available but not in use. I'm guessing trademark claim. Is there a way to confirm this? And then how do I dispute it? It would be an obviously invalid claim.
I tried to snag "summer" (and I knew it would be a long shot), but it wasn't available at 12:01. And still, as of 12:24, http://www.facebook.com/summer is a Page Not Found mess.
I don't get it. I mean, I got my first + last name, which is good, but...I'd like to at least SEE who beat me to "summer".
Rizzo Tees
· 5 months ago
Got the name, it was incredibly easy. Friend me up, if you like.
my first name's pretty unusual so why bothering waiting while I also can register it @ later times? so i registered my last name and i got that! http://facebook.com/vinesa
I tried to snag "summer" (and I knew it would be a long shot), but it wasn't available at 12:01. And still, as of 12:24, http://www.facebook.com/summer is a Page Not Found mess.
I don't get it. I mean, I got my first + last name, which is good, but...I'd like to at least SEE who beat me to "summer".
okay, tried the url and i see what you're saying. maybe words like that they're saving for some reason. like "movies" or "news" and such.
todd clegg
· 5 months ago
i was worried about a server meltdown, waited patiently for the page the refresh itself, chose a custom username and got agonist. so happy! and right on to the facebook crew for being on top of this in terms of server capacity. if this had been on myspace servers...omg...the carnage...
what was that constant error? "an error has occurred and has been forwarded to blah blah"
so glad a real website came along to replace myspace.
HelenaOh
· 5 months ago
I was one the site watching the countdown and tried 'greeneggsandham' immediately. It was gone in under 10 seconds 'cause I couldn't get it.
I got it right when the clock hit 0! Yayayayay! I was going to get Randy, but Facebook was unfair and let their employees get usernames first. So pretty much all firstnames were taken. :)
It seems like Facebook is reserving common names — it wouldn't allow me to register facebook.com/chris, but it's still not pointing to any profile. I had to settle for http://facebook.com/chris.thomson.
I got it right when the clock hit 0! Yayayayay! I was going to get Randy, but Facebook was unfair and let their employees get usernames first. So pretty much all firstnames were taken. :)
Chris Beaudet
· 5 months ago
Mine took a whole 5 seconds to make, and I got what I wanted. That's what I call trouble free!
I got http://www.facebook.com/BhupeshShah but noticed that bhupesh.shah also redirects to the same page. I wonder if that is the case with everyone else.
Darn! Your username has to be 5 letters long and Evan is only 4. By the way, sorry to all the Boyars in the world who wanted http://www.facebook.com/boyar!
Yes - my FB user name was available - though they didn't show it in the 4 choices. I typed it in and it was available.
LuisManson
· 5 months ago
I hope they post server stats!!!
Amanda Hawkins
· 5 months ago
I immediately got the name that I wanted... granted I was watching the countdown commence, but as soon as I was able to, I typed in "amandahawkins" and... Voila, I had my Facebook username! Totally satisfied because there an unimaginable amount of Amanda Hawkins' in the world.
my first name and my best friends first names are unusual/rare but there are a hand full of other people on face book with my name, and with hers, and did want those 5-6 other wenches getting my name. or hers so we did ours no problem.
In case anyone out there still hasn't noticed, the dots in the usernames are optional, just like they are in Gmail addresses.
GCRM Media Center
· 5 months ago
I was able to get a good URL for my public profile page the GCRM (Gay Civil Rights Movement) Media Center.. http://facebook.com/GayRightsMedia .. Hurray!!!
I was able to get a good URL for my public profile page the GCRM (Gay Civil Rights Movement) Media Center.. http://facebook.com/GayRightsMedia .. Hurray!!!
Was going for www.facebook.com/Heather but I think since there was a choice list before the type it yourself area someone else was able to just get the predictive.... would have been better for everyone to type it in manuallly. More fair. But such is life. Ended up with www.facebook.com/Nikketti which is a nick name I have had forever and a day.. Only have ever seen it used by someone else 1 time on two different websites... so I guess she is out of luck.. lol .
Alexander Dombroff
· 5 months ago
500,000 usernames by 50,000 real people and 100,000 marketers with multiple accounts....I know I got 5.
Oh! Yes! I happened to get my name as my UserName within the first minute. Wouldn't have been that difficult with a name like Sudhamshu. But still I'm glad!
Yeah I got the name I wanted about 5 seconds after the whole thing went live. I typed it so fast I was worried I may have made a spelling mistake but it all worked out. http://facebook.com/SuperManz
Yes, I got the ID I wanted. My new Facebook address is http://www.facebook.com/LynnSerafinn. I am disappointed I cannot create an ID for my Facebook group "The Garden of the Soul" or my very recently created fan page "The Garden of the Soul." I really had hoped to create an easy profile for these, as they are linked to my book. But I don't see any facility to do this for groups, and my fan page is too new to qualify as it has WAY fewer than 1000 members. But I am glad that AT LAST my FB id is something I (and others) can easily remember. I hope it helps readers of my book and my Twitter and LinkedIn followers to find me on Facebook. It's a great move on Facebook's part. :-)
I'm now now officially "facebook.com/jbryant789". The naming ability has been open for 15 minutes and over 500,000 names have already been taken, including any possible variation of my full name. How convenient. I'm sure someone will try to sell it to me later... lol
feastoffun
· 5 months ago
Really frustrated with Facebook- some jerk got his last name "fausto" which is a common first name in Spanish. Yet, he set his profile to "private" so he really doesn't need a easy to find url, since he doesn't want people to find him. What a douche!
By the way, my name is Fausto Fernós.
BustAGroove
· 5 months ago
Hey ... no squatters ... here it goes: http://www.facebook.com/BustAGroove - See that TweetSync's been blowin' blowin' up my FB with dupe Twitter postings, coincidence ....hmmm
got it http://www.facebook.com/lucabelletti - which is good, but my first choice was 'luca', which was one character too short. Not sure it's going to be incredibly useful (search works ok) but I'd have been gutted if someone else grabbed it instead.
Woot! Got my dream user name! http://www.facebook.com/joshself Not very exciting, I know, but I know of at least 3 other josh selfs from doing vanity searches on Google, so I'm happy I got it first. Finally FB catches up with the rest of social media networks. Well, stuff like this makes a simple nerd like me happy!
BustAGroove
· 5 months ago
Hey ... no squatters ... here it goes: http://www.facebook.com/BustAGroove - See that TweetSync's been blowin' blowin' up my FB with dupe Twitter postings, coincidence ....hmmm
got it http://www.facebook.com/lucabelletti - which is good, but my first choice was 'luca', which was one character too short. Not sure it's going to be incredibly useful (search works ok) but I'd have been gutted if someone else grabbed it instead.
Grr... What does it mean if the usernames I am going for are "not available", yet the pages don't seem to exist yet? Does that mean they're reserved? If so, how do I go about using them? The fan pages are the official ones for the brandnames I can't seem to get, so I don't see how they could be reserved for anyone else.
Hey ... no squatters ... here it goes: http://www.facebook.com/BustAGroove - See that TweetSync's been blowin' blowin' up my FB with dupe Twitter postings, coincidence ....hmmm
joe nolan
· 5 months ago
I got joenolan... Beat the other 290 of "me" in the US. now there's only 1 !! dont all go and add me at once...
tried a longshot in getting /michael but wasnt available so i took /MichaelBreault :) yet no one has /michael
JJJENNNNN
· 5 months ago
Grr... What does it mean if the usernames I am going for are "not available", yet the pages don't seem to exist yet? Does that mean they're reserved? If so, how do I go about using them? The fan pages are the official ones for the brandnames I can't seem to get, so I don't see how they could be reserved for anyone else.
Woot! Got my dream user name! http://www.facebook.com/joshself Not very exciting, I know, but I know of at least 3 other josh selfs from doing vanity searches on Google, so I'm happy I got it first. Finally FB catches up with the rest of social media networks. Well, stuff like this makes a simple nerd like me happy!
tried a longshot in getting /michael but wasnt available so i took /MichaelBreault :) yet no one has /michael
Pete
· 5 months ago
got mine :) what surprised me though is my username not being taken back in poland where they've been able to get their uernames for 6 hours now, as i believe right?
Hey ... no squatters ... here it goes: http://www.facebook.com/BustAGroove - See that TweetSync's been blowin' blowin' up my FB with dupe Twitter postings, coincidence ....hmmm
Joe
· 5 months ago
I got mine! It's "nouka," which is Japanese for "farmer." I didn't really expect it to be taken...
I got mine(not like anyone else would have this one...). Now if only Facebook would open up the 4-characters Vanity Usernames... they are allowing them... EX. "Todd" that's taken...
Some dude stole the Plurk Username for the Plurk Fan Page... using it as his personal username...
i didn't get mine. there's like a billion people with my name. despite clicking my name at the exact time i got robbed. i am not a number face book, i am a human being!
i'll have to make do with the knowledge that twitter, is all mine.
i did get my personal name facebook.com/maurakatemoore - but i registered my business name just a few days ago and when i went to get a username the message i received was that any name registered after june 9 was not currently eligible for a username! bummer. fingers crossed it will be available once the new user embargo is lifted ;)
I wasn't sure till the last minute but I was rushed....But still, i'm fine with the one I got....
AndrewNystromLAT
· 5 months ago
NB: Looks like if you registered a new facebook.com/username tonight your display name may not be findable in Facebook user search tonight. Can anyone find the "Andrew Nystrom" that works at the Company: "Los Angeles Times" - people on other accounts can't. Otherwise, all seems to have gone smoothly.
irmalou photography
· 5 months ago
i did get my personal name facebook.com/maurakatemoore - but i registered my business name just a few days ago and when i went to get a username tonight the message i received was that any name registered after june 9 was not currently eligible for a username! bummer. fingers crossed it will be available once the new user embargo is lifted ;)
AndrewNystromLAT
· 5 months ago
NB: Looks like if you registered a new facebook.com/username tonight your display name may not be findable in Facebook user search tonight. Can anyone find the "Andrew Nystrom" that works at the Company: "Los Angeles Times" - people on other accounts can't. Otherwise, all seems to have gone smoothly.
NB: Looks like if you registered a new facebook.com/username tonight your display name may not be findable in Facebook user search tonight. Can anyone find the "Andrew Nystrom" that works at the Company: "Los Angeles Times" - people on other accounts can't. Otherwise, all seems to have gone smoothly.
Jonathan G
· 5 months ago
Love @mashable - shoutouts to @mashable, @jbruin, and @benparr.
I was in the first three minute crowd >> http://www.facebook.com/alphamoongirl. Thanks Mashable for making it fun - it's great to actually see the faces behind the posts!
You can connect with me at http://www.facebook.com/TeriDempski or at Twitter: http://twitter.com/Teri8D This is so cool! I am so happy to have a vanity URL! So amazing to have done it in the first few minutes, I thought it was going to crash big time! Well Done Facebook Team! Thanks Pete, Jill and Ben for the video chat!
My first name is Floris, so I wanted /floris/ Thankfully it opened at 6am in the morning on a Saturday, so not too many Dutch Floris's were awake. I waited for the countdown and clicked continue, selected floris without reading the page and pressed continue. Done.
You can connect with me at http://www.facebook.com/TeriDempski or at Twitter: http://twitter.com/Teri8D This is so cool! I am so happy to have a vanity URL! So amazing to have done it in the first few minutes, I thought it was going to crash big time! Well Done Facebook Team! Thanks Pete, Jill and Ben for the video chat!
The guy with the same name as me snapped up the best variations of my name and they all seem to point at his one profile... how is that right? How is that possible? So I had to settle for lastname dot firstname, which sucks!
Skylor Matthew Werden
· 5 months ago
Somebody created a fake account to take my unique first name and then started to add my friends to spite me. It is obviously a fake page since the last name keeps changing (it was 'Haha'). It would be great if facebook removed this fake profile and re-enabled it so I could get it. http://facebook.com/skylor
My Videoke
· 5 months ago
got facebook.com/buyme - any takers? :)
Roni Taylor
· 5 months ago
I didn't particularly rush but I still got facebook.com/roni.taylor I'm a little suprised, since it's such a common name. I fully expected to have to go through all the usual ironi, commonroni, ironironi etc variations and still end up with something like my myspace name: myspace.com/aaaaaghhh
Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.
· 5 months ago
Got my user name of choice, only didn't think thru the *look* of it all that well:
Ariane.of.smARTist
Ariane Goodwin, Ed.D.
· 5 months ago
Got my user name of choice, only didn't think thru the *look* of it all that well:
Minimum of 5 characters required to get a vanity url! How does facebook.com/joel exist? and other <4 characters?
John
· 5 months ago
I got http://www.facebook.com/johnjcarroll , which was my first choice! There are so many John Carrolls out there that I'm starting to grow quite fond of the J in the middle. :)
Right around 11:45pm Internet (not just FB) broke down on us. Around 12:20 or so Internet and FB got up and running again, yet one of my friends couldn't get her first choice. It was quite intense - our FB vanity url mini party :)
Got it 2 hours after it started too, was surprised, since my name is common
Howard J Moorey
· 5 months ago
My new FB ID is facebook.com/hojomo and I am VERY pleased to be following Mashable's coverage of the event thanks Ben! Got the one I wanted, but why on earth did they hide the box under "More" if you didn't want one they offered? What's the latest on Fanpages? Still need over a thousand followers before they'll consider you??
I'm just glad FB server is doing well with all the traffic influx just now. Satisfied with the whole process and getting preferred vanity URL either: http://www.facebook.com/wchingya
@wchingya social media/blogging
Michael
· 5 months ago
I got the one I wanted. I typed it before the timer ran out than as soon as it was time I just copied and pasted my username. Saved a few seconds on typing :) Facebook.com\thecomputertech
I am a bit bummed that pages have to have 1000 followers to qualify for a username. I'm in the process of launching a couple of sites and had gone ahead and started FB pages for them too. They're not live (as the sites aren't live yet), so of course I have no fans.
I did get the name I wanted: http://www.facebook.com/bebopdesigner . Now, was it because it's 4:15 am? Or was it because no one would use such an odd name? Anyways, I'm happy. Cheers!
got the user name I wanted around 12:45am I guess there wasn't a mad rush for the username Owloo Owloo on Twitter is now Owloo with Facebook Hooot- Hooot
Ðan
· 5 months ago
got the user name I wanted around 12:45am I guess there wasn't a mad rush for the username Owloo Owloo on Twitter is now Owloo with Facebook Hooot- Hooot
Yes, I've fortunately got the username I wanted, FirstnameLastname! For people with a common name, I'm aware it's been impossible to catch theirs even after a few seconds from the starting time. Anyway this is my brand new url: http://www.facebook.com/GiuseppeBiundo
Gordon Drayson
· 5 months ago
http://www.facebook.com/gordon1 - I really wanted gordon, but it wouldn't let me register that and I'm not sure why. It seems it still isn't available....
my names wing and i wanted facebook.com/wing and then i realised it cant be 4 letters.... i'm an idiot i no so its now facebook.com/wingwing i'm happy!
Sheriff
· 5 months ago
Yeah they're turned on but I didn't get what I want. What I wanted was facebook.com/sheriff but this is what I settled for facebook.com/lawanson
H is for Home
· 5 months ago
I wanted to get /adelle but had to make do with adellerobinson. It opened at 5am UK-time... NOTHING gets me to wake up that early (or stay up that late anymore!).
Meghan C
· 5 months ago
wooohooo got mine.
Ch1cken Sniper
· 5 months ago
I indeed got the name I wanted... I won't be giving out my URL though.
didnt got facebook.com/rizki only 30 minutes late :( still in the middle of a meeting, grabbed a notebook and said "could i be excused, i have to take my facebook username url"
HK
· 5 months ago
not the newest idea to have usernames...myspace, and co have had it for years.. so whats all the hype...lol....but i still got mine facebook.com/hermannk
I did get http://www.facebook.com/scott.roewer but was worried after my name appeared in a USA Today tech new article about Vanity URLs. I was worried someone would try and squat on my name. However - I got it!
Yeah good looking out man. Went there and they offered me #'s and periods in place for my name and I just typed my full name and got it! Lost my dot-com to some PhotoG! f-book.com/ScottPenny yeah boy!
I'm okay with having a period between my two names -- should have acted quicker!
oxyjen
· 5 months ago
I figured out that facebook is counting periods as noncharacters in the usernames. So if you got janet.washburn, you also got janetwashburn and j.anetwashburn and jan.etwashburn...or wherever you choose to use the period or not...
eyeonbooks
· 5 months ago
Oh yeah!!!
smartfemme
· 5 months ago
I got mine, and it was the one i wanted!!! /smartfemme :)
I'm about to go Tony LaRussa on Facebook if they let this punk Jake Smith grab ahold of my name. This vanity URL thing has turned into a debacle. The amount of spammers running rampant right now is disgusting and Facebook has done very little to protect legitimate names, brands, trademarks, etc... http://www.jasonmoffatt.com/internet-marketing/...
Not the one I wanted, I wanted adamt but it was already taken. I was like a minute late too.
Vanessa
· 5 months ago
Ok, I was going to lock in the username for my company but someone grabbed it already and he's not even part of the company!!! Anything I can do about it? Or just pick another name?!?
Vanessa
· 5 months ago
Ok, I was going to lock in the username for my company but someone grabbed it already and he's not even part of the company!!! Anything I can do about it? Or just pick another name?!?
I wanted 'Patrick' but checking many common names one after the other they were all taken, I seriously wonder if common names were not already reserved.
I like the name that I got though, it's my home town where I grew up.
Gee, there's only about a thousand people with my name -- two dozen in my city alone -- and somehow I managed to get in at about 2 seconds past midnight to get http://facebook.com/bill.thompson. No odd punctuation, no numbers, no last-name-first, just the way I wanted it. Amazed.
Went with http://www.facebook.com/viran.dayaratne but I had a seriously hard time deciding... Ultimately, the fact that you can get to my page with or without the period makes me happy. So double username win?
Went with http://www.facebook.com/viran.dayaratne but I had a seriously hard time deciding... Ultimately, the fact that you can get to my page with or without the period makes me happy. So double username win?
I got mine :) I wasn't afraid that someone else could take it first. This name is my real name and I think no one else has the same name. In fact I don't need an ID-number, my name is it. Korkmaz means fearless but I'm not boxing :)
It's such a common name, I was shocked that any combinations of it at all were still available this morning. Sure is a lot prettier than the old random bunch of numbers!
dwight
· 5 months ago
wanted misterT but got thedwight
dwight
· 5 months ago
wanted misterT but got thedwight
Suzy Buchanon
· 5 months ago
I got my username..........it's sgbuchanon!!!! Yah~~~
Suzy Lynn Buchanon
· 5 months ago
I got my username..........it's sgbuchanon!!!! Yah~~~
APaul
· 5 months ago
Apparently both my entire name & first.last were taken... D***... So I went ahead for my twitter username--- facebook.com/apaulished
I was online waiting for it and within a second my desired Username(khizar) was gone. At the end it was a waste to get up early just to signup username which i could have got after 3 hours of more sleep
David
· 5 months ago
Wow! Those facebook usernames go fast! I tried at 9:00:01 sharp for davidward, even though it wasn't suggested. It turns out it wasn't suggested because it was already taken. So I went back and tried for david.ward since it was suggested to me ten seconds earlier. By that time it was also gone already. So I had to settle for davidearlward. It's a little long but at least it's my actual name and easy to speak.
Online, friends will get to your facebook through their Friends list or a hyperlink in an email (which could just as easily be the old-school URL) rather than typing in your username. The username is to make it easy to *vocally* tell someone how to find your facebook: i.e. "My facebook is at facebook.com/davidearlward." So it should be a username that would be easy to know what to write if someone spoke it to you.
ellen stephenson
· 5 months ago
Got my new facwbook url in less time thanit took me to type this message
I was suppose to get the usernames "healthy diet" or "healthy lifestyle" but they were taken immediately. I ended up with http://www.facebook.com/rawhealthyrocks
Dani386
· 5 months ago
I was one of the lucky ones to get exactly what I wanted... :)
All Comments
I GOT MINE. BOOYAH!!!!!
Btw, check out this guy ;-) http://www.facebook.com/usernames
http://www.facebook.com/ScottBradley
EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED :)
1. I'm not going to insult looks, and you're not necessarily bad looking. But that pictures is, well, the first douchy thing people see. Let's see a picture of you smiling, not shrugging in a "I don't know how I got so awesome" way.
2. You say 'spritual' for religion (total douchy thing to do), and mention what seems to be a judeo-christian God. Claim Christianity or pick a religion, don't say 'spirituality' like you're some guru. If you don't actually practice a religion, but would like to make it known you don't think there's more to life than what we know, say something witty like 'It's complicated." But not 'spirituality.'
3. You do more than read and write blogs. I don't actual think your a douche, you do something else, so say it. Do you work out? Do you read? Do you play an instrument? And twittering is not an activity.
4. Your interests are mostly fine. Reading is more an activity, I would say. I like that roller coasters is on there. See? It's fun, not phony, and unique, which I think is your ultimate goal. I find it interesting you say "helping people," but we'll return to that shortly.
5. I dig the variety of music. Douches only listen to one type: Bad. So nicely done.
6. TV Shows are good. But the Mole? Oh well.
7. Movies: I wouldn't agree, since i don't like those movies, but they're fine EXCEPT FOR The Secret. If you really like it, fine, but consider this: Do you really think they know the secret to your happiness? Is that a universal truth that can be sold in a book and on a movie? Or are they asshats that spurt generic platitudes that people buy into because they sound pretty.
8. How about some books not about Economics and being successful? You know what most successful people who are in those book never did? Took advice from books on 'how to be successful.' And you're interests, as stated by 'Roller Coasters,' are more interesting than success and business. You have no favorite literary classics? A Tale of Two Cities? Les Miserables? Contemporary novels, mystery novels, historical nonfiction, anything besides business books? The way you present them here are "Hey, I read a lot about business! I'm sooooo interesting, see?" It doesn't make you interesting, it makes you less interesting. And, once again, a total douche.
Maybe quote SOMEONE else than Ronald Reagan.
9. Okay here's the meat of it, the About Me section...
-Flaky People... Sure, keep it. It's weird, but alright.
-Users don't deserve my time... Excuse me, what the fuck did you just say? As someone who is spiritual, and who claims their interest is 'helping people,' maybe you shouldn't sound like such a heartless asshole (which, later on down the list, you don't have room for). They are people too, often people in trouble who could use help. But if they're not worth your precious, holier-than-thou minutes, maybe you can use them time raising that ivory tower a few more inches.
-I'm going to skip the rest of the hypocrisy and get to the point. You're a 24 year old who works at Macy's. You're not fucking Buddha here. The wisdom you spurt in the 'about me' section is generic, one lined cliches that you're trying to use to get people to think you're a thoughtful or insightful person, but once again, it's a douchey thing to do. And besides, they can all be summarized in two words that actually DO make you look like a kind, caring, even wise person: "Be good." If you only left "Don't forget to have fun," it would be great. We already know you're hardworking, you've beaten it into our skull at this point.
-Looking for fellow entrepreneurs on facebook... good luck, i guess.
-You claim to want to help others again. Except, you know, drug addicts.
-You say you want to meet people who want to meet interesting people, implying of course you're an interesting person. Don't make that claim because A. it's arrogant, even if it's true. B. I'm not convinced it's true. C. If it is true, and you acknowledge it, you're immediately less interesting, because douchebags aren't that interesting.
-You'll retort back to me that I'm a negative person, but I'm really not. I'm a thriving optimist. That's why I don't believe you're an actual douchebag, just that you don't quite see the appearance you're giving with your facebook.
-Motivational tapes... Like books about how to be successful, successful people never used them. Now if you need them for other reasons (like to kick an addiction, or to remain strong in faith) that's different, but if they're motivating you to be successful, well... I just think that sort of stuff comes from within.
I'm adding you to my bookmarks. I'll be interested to see if you ignore this as an internet asshole or if you'll change it for the better. But I think you should, and maybe there'll be more on your wall than, y'know, you. I think you're a good person that means well, but is a little clueless on how to present it.
I also write this as someone who once had, and maybe even still has, some of the same arrogance that plagues your page. You seem like a good guy who wants people to know he's a good guy. Don't force it, let it happen. I'll be watching. Like a stalker.
Creepy.
I didn't need to read three things about you before I concluded that you, sir, are the total douche. While Mr. Bradley's Facebook page may not live up to your profile-writing standards, his profile is not one which deserves such severe criticism. Where is your profile? You supplied no link for him to follow, just a set of directives which are supposed to snap him into producing a profile which fits your - uh - standards. Are you Kidding? I laugh at the thought! Please leave me a link to YOUR profile so I can offer the "service" you offered Mr. Bradley and leave a critique - for your benefit, of course. Why else would I choose to humiliate you in public? I don't know you, I haven't spent three minutes in conversation with you, but I feel that gives me every right to make you look like a moron in front of millions of people. Sound familiar and fair?
Now, see, I don't think there's anything wrong with Scott's interests. He says he likes to read and write blogs (which makes him at peace with most of the Internet nation), and you have the nerve to call him a sycophant who thinks too highly of himself. You know, it's funny - because that's exactly what I see in you. You have either had too many minions or you have been badly psychologically abused and are using those as excuses to take your frustrations out on other people, people you don't know and have no idea how they will be affected by the horror of your words. There's nothing wrong with the word "spirituality," either. He's not claiming to be a guru (you're doing that right here in River City); he's telling you he's interested in God in many different ways. There's nothing complicated about that, and, if you'd given yourself time to think about it, you may have realized the difference between spirituality and "it's complicated." There is absolutely no reason for him to "pick a religion." That isn't any of your or anyone else's business. Further, being on the Internet IS an activity - whether on Facebook or Fannybook - OR on Twitter, it's an activity and, if you are going to classify reading as an activity, then you would also have to allow reading ON THE INTERNET as an activity, not just reading a book which you can hold in your hands. That's just downright stoopid with to "Os."
Why is what Mr. Bradley does so important to you, anyway? Why do you want to know if he reads or plays an instrument (or sits in the middle of the street at high noon having a picnic with a baboon)? And what's with that "Do you work out?" question? Why do you want to know?
He has defined "helping people" in his own terms. If he ponders it he will see the dichotomy, so you may have served a purpose on that point; however, that's something you could have sent him in a private message, used kinder words (you know, as in "helping people?") though again, it's none of your business.
There are, most likely, millions of people walking about the planet who do not have favorite literary classics. Why is this so important? How does this make one a better person? Obviously, the two literary classics you claim to have read have done nothing for your character - after reading "Les Miserables" and "A Tale of Two Cities" (you did read them, right?), one would think you'd be more sympathetic and less critical to others, but those social messages seem to have been wasted on you.
You say: "I'm adding you to my bookmarks. I'll be interested to see if you ignore this as an Internet asshole or if you'll change it for the better. But I think you should, and maybe there'll be more on your wall than, y'know, you. I think you're a good person that means well, but is a little clueless on how to present it.
I also write this as someone who once had, and maybe even still has, some of the same arrogance that plagues your page. You seem like a good guy who wants people to know he's a good guy. Don't force it, let it happen. I'll be watching. Like a stalker.
Creepy."
... and I refer you to the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberstalking
In summation, I will say I'm happy to know you're pleased with Mr. Bradley's choice of mentioning roller coasters in his profile. After all, who out there isn't looking for YOUR approval? And don't talk about douche bags unless yours is spotless. Also, I'm prompted to ask - who the hell do you think you are?
Done.
Not too many eechuans in Singapore but there are a couple... :-)
I know someone called Yee Chuan!
http://www.facebook.com/sasanga
HAAHAHAH
I had hoped for /nuvs, but it's too short. Had to settle for /nuvs.jain
Thanks! Goodnight. Very quick process.
Kevin
I certainly did park for that :D
HOOHAH!
Ultimately, the fact that you can get to my page with or without the period makes me happy. So double username win?
Now have to wait for the fan page...
I got my personal one though :)
/christine.dela.rosa
http://facebook.com/cliffdailey
http://twitter.com/cliffdailey
http://www.facebook.com/donna.johnson
http://facebook.com/christasche
Online Alias, Nickname, 5 characters. I'm happy.
@kevinpfab
Secured it before the other 2 Victoria McGinley's could get to it. It was a race to the finish, I'm sure.
I got what I wanted.
i'm a grown up and there won't do stupidness like some people i know. i even got a username for my fan page (/brooklynnyc). i totally forgot about it tho so i couldn't snatch up /brooklyn or /bklyn. no big deal tho. it's all good.
Consistency is the key to building a brand.
I don't get it. I mean, I got my first + last name, which is good, but...I'd like to at least SEE who beat me to "summer".
http://facebook.com/paulhale
http://twitter.com/paulhale
http://www.facebook.com/soumitra
I don't get it. I mean, I got my first + last name, which is good, but...I'd like to at least SEE who beat me to "summer".
http://www.facebook.com/chrisreimer
http://facebook.com/vinesa
http://www.facebook.com/marketingchick
(^.^)v
:)
I don't get it. I mean, I got my first + last name, which is good, but...I'd like to at least SEE who beat me to "summer".
what was that constant error? "an error has occurred and has been forwarded to blah blah"
so glad a real website came along to replace myspace.
http://www.facebook.com/widianto
actually i really want to use my nickname: dito
but the rule said that it must be at least 5 character... :(
I got it right when the clock hit 0! Yayayayay! I was going to get Randy, but Facebook was unfair and let their employees get usernames first. So pretty much all firstnames were taken. :)
me : http://www.facebook.com/lrsanchez
yes.... we got what we wanted.
Grabbed the username "deepakravindran"from facebook!! yayeee!!
www.facebook.com/deepakravindran.
www.twitter.com/deepakravindran
I obtained the url that I wanted to match my twitter url. now time to attempt to take alexpenn at gmail from the guy who currently has it.
Here you go:
http://www.facebook.com/okezie
www.facebook.com/christopherboynton
Now what.
It's cool that periods don't matter in these URLs. Linking to http://facebook.com/c.h.r.i.s.t.h.o.m.s.o.n goes right back to my profile, for example.
:)
Friend me up!
http://www.facebook.com/christopherknight
Got it! Very impressed that Facebook managed to do this without the servers being overloaded - good work!
Apparently any "first.last" name combo can also just be written as "/firstlast" So, http://www.facebook.com/brock.meeks works as does http://www.facebook.com/brockmeeks
Wonder if that's a "bug" they will keep or "fix" ? (I vote: keep it)
http://www.facebook.com/Sheldon2121
yeah exactly what I asked for
I got it right when the clock hit 0! Yayayayay! I was going to get Randy, but Facebook was unfair and let their employees get usernames first. So pretty much all firstnames were taken. :)
facebook.com/robbiem (personal)
http://facebook.com/redmcgee
I got it !!
http://www.facebook.com/Sheldon2121
Yup!
ahahahhahaha
awesome!
I'm loving it.
I got it !!
Got mine!
i wanted /conz but apparently it's too short. still /juan (same # of characters) was registered, mmmmm
Got mine!
facebook.com/avin.narasimhan
i wanted /conz but apparently it's too short. still /juan (same # of characters) was registered, mmmmm
http://www.facebook.com/twidner
facebook.com/avin.narasimhan
http://facebook.com/SuperManz
http://www.facebook.com/ed.doss
http://www.facebook.com/KenshinHimura
...was thinking about grabbing a joke one, but decided one one I'd like to have... forever. lawl
that was fun now back to normal level of caring about facebook checking
http://www.facebook.com/belthesar
By the way, my name is Fausto Fernós.
got my first choice .... within seconds ...... Cal time was 9:01 pm ...... it was a breeze!
Got mine! YAHOO!
Not very exciting, I know, but I know of at least 3 other josh selfs from doing vanity searches on Google, so I'm happy I got it first. Finally FB catches up with the rest of social media networks. Well, stuff like this makes a simple nerd like me happy!
http://www.facebook.com/deancsmith
http://twitter.com/deancsmith
http://vimeo.com/deancsmith
http://facebook.com/jeffdagley
Very simple...however, I'm not happy that I can't get one for the page I administer since it has less than 1000 fans...
(wasn't quick enough for "isabelle")
http://facebook.com/jeffdagley
Very simple...however, I'm not happy that I can't get one for the page I administer since it has less than 1000 fans...
Not very exciting, I know, but I know of at least 3 other josh selfs from doing vanity searches on Google, so I'm happy I got it first. Finally FB catches up with the rest of social media networks. Well, stuff like this makes a simple nerd like me happy!
http://www.facebook.com/petermorawski
Hehe, sweeeet.
Thanks for the tip off Mashable...
Best wishes from Manchester, UK
Hehe, sweeeet.
http://www.facebook.com/inthesound
I got mine(not like anyone else would have this one...). Now if only Facebook would open up the 4-characters Vanity Usernames... they are allowing them... EX. "Todd" that's taken...
Some dude stole the Plurk Username for the Plurk Fan Page... using it as his personal username...
Hehe, sweeeet.
i'll have to make do with the knowledge that twitter, is all mine.
damm you facebook!
I got mine!
Domain catcher skills rule :)
I wasn't sure till the last minute but I was rushed....But still, i'm fine with the one I got....
David Mann
www.facebook.com/davidmann
Yay!
Henry
http://www.thehenry.net
Ended up with http://www.facebook.com/rjmcleod though so I'm happy :)
which also is the name of a Scandinavian tribe...
It was coool..
http://www.facebook.com/jannygirl
BAM!
http://facebook.com/taniachin
LUV IT!!
http://www.facebook.com/jannygirl
BAM! No issues. No problem. I <3 facebook.
http://facebook.com/claudia.cruz
facebook.com/buckles
i had my back-up names planned, but didn't need them - like :)
stinks there's no way to change it!!
Thankfully it opened at 6am in the morning on a Saturday, so not too many Dutch Floris's were awake. I waited for the countdown and clicked continue, selected floris without reading the page and pressed continue. Done.
http://facebook.com/floris
Did you guys know you can just add unlimited dashes and dots to any name?
facebook.com/----------.....f.....l.....o......r......i......s......------ will also work for example.
Downside: users like "bob" and "mark" and "kier" can't get facebook.com/bob or facebook.com/kier because there's a 5 char limit.
http://facebook.com/floris
http://facebook.com/montini
http://facebook.com/skylor
I'm a little suprised, since it's such a common name. I fully expected to have to go through all the usual ironi, commonroni, ironironi etc variations and still end up with something like my myspace name:
myspace.com/aaaaaghhh
Ariane.of.smARTist
Ariane.of.smARTist
Was able to attach my fairly common first name for a change.
:-p
http://www.twitter.com/iphone.iphone
I got my name ok but I don't think this guy is Sir Alan Sugar.
http://www.facebook.com/alansugar
I got my name ok but I don't think this guy is Sir Alan Sugar.
http://www.facebook.com/alansugar
Not sure if Chrome users had the advantage over Firefox users in getting the Facebook username . interesting... http://bit.ly/7SBTX
Thanks FB!
Thanks FB!
So first name plus last name it is
http:/www.facebook.com/lucretiapruitt
Wondering why they wouldn't give me Lucretia if no one else has it... ah well.
couldnt get yash! needs 5 characters minimum.
YEP.
...not that I was expecting that many first name/last name combinations. Mostly in Germany.
i was there when the timer hit zero and in a frantic rush i chose my exact name, score!
Kieran J Richardson
Right around 11:45pm Internet (not just FB) broke down on us. Around 12:20 or so Internet and FB got up and running again, yet one of my friends couldn't get her first choice. It was quite intense - our FB vanity url mini party :)
done.
http://facebook.com/CitizenX
Not my preferred name but some dude grabbed azhari in the first place - and his first name is not even Azhari... blasted @$#%@$%@$%
Not my preferred name but some dude grabbed azhari in the first place - and his first name is not even Azhari... blasted @$#%@$%@$%
My GF: http://facebook.com/SherleneSolatorio
Got it 2 hours after it started too, was surprised, since my name is common
@wchingya
social media/blogging
No problems getting my username
Not my first choice but happy
http://www.facebook.com/iamzaf
iamzaf =)
:D
You remove it, its the same.
you include it, its still the same.
For Eg:
http://www.facebook.com/krillr
http://www.facebook.com/k.rillr
http://www.facebook.com/kr.illr
http://www.facebook.com/kri.llr
All are same.
You remove it, its the same.
you include it, its still the same.
For Eg:
http://www.facebook.com/krillr
http://www.facebook.com/k.rillr
http://www.facebook.com/kr.illr
http://www.facebook.com/kri.llr
All are same.
http://www.facebook.com/JoeTech
I am a bit bummed that pages have to have 1000 followers to qualify for a username. I'm in the process of launching a couple of sites and had gone ahead and started FB pages for them too. They're not live (as the sites aren't live yet), so of course I have no fans.
I guess there wasn't a mad rush for the username Owloo
Owloo on Twitter is now Owloo with Facebook
Hooot- Hooot
Anyway this is my brand new url:
http://www.facebook.com/GiuseppeBiundo
and then i realised it cant be 4 letters.... i'm an idiot i no
so its now facebook.com/wingwing
i'm happy!
Got mine! Been using this name online since the early 90s
http://facebook.com/mykhailo
http://www.facebook.com/CitizenX
I watched the countdown
didnt got facebook.com/rizki
only 30 minutes late :(
still in the middle of a meeting, grabbed a notebook and said "could i be excused, i have to take my facebook username url"
http://www.facebook.com/scott.roewer
I was worried after my name appeared in a USA Today tech news article yesterday that someone who try to squat on my name. Thankfully, no one did.
RT
www.real-anonymity.pro.tc
www.facebook.com/zachary
Damn skippy
www.facebook.com/zachary
Damn skippy
Doubt if there was any competition for mine....
Doubt if there was any competition for mine....
Went there and they offered me #'s and periods in place for my name and I just typed my full name and got it! Lost my dot-com to some PhotoG! f-book.com/ScottPenny yeah boy!
just like
http:/www.twitter.com/PRyck
was there as the clock hit 00.00.00
Yep got what I wanted
http://facebook.com/ashraf.majdhy
www.facebook.com/gabriel.cortes
Feel free to friend me, we're all citizens of the same planet...
Take care,
Gabriel
my URL is http://www.facebook.com/tiestri
exactly what i wanted! thanks to my parents for giving me a unique name.. ;)
I noticed /chrisbeaman is the same as /chris.beaman, as is /chris-beaman. Cool how they did that.
Anyone consider registering FB accounts just to claim sellable domains?
I noticed /chrisbeaman is the same as /chris.beaman, as is /chris-beaman. Cool how they did that.
Anyone consider registering FB accounts just to claim sellable domains?
Planning to sell my account to fund my start-up and donate $ to helping 3rd world children with tech.
Just launched my plans for it on my blog: thisiswhoiam.com
i've got it first at 06:02
http://www.facebook.com/mihnea
No issues whatsoever, it worked like a charm.
The Great Facebook Land Grab
http://faseidl.com/public/item/234769
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Not the one I wanted, I wanted adamt but it was already taken. I was like a minute late too.
Anything I can do about it? Or just pick another name?!?
Anything I can do about it? Or just pick another name?!?
I use this username for 3 years now
I use this username for 3 years now
http://facebook.com/onlinewoman
http://www.facebook.com/kellybishop
I wanted 'Patrick' but checking many common names one after the other they were all taken, I seriously wonder if common names were not already reserved.
I like the name that I got though, it's my home town where I grew up.
-Patrick
Definitely lucky to get this one, since it is the current industry I work in.
http://www.facebook.com/fowzie
Bout time they made this available to us :-)
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http://www.facebook.com/piyush.paliwal
Ultimately, the fact that you can get to my page with or without the period makes me happy. So double username win?
http://viran.mobi
Ultimately, the fact that you can get to my page with or without the period makes me happy. So double username win?
http://viran.mobi
http://www.facebook.com/JosephChristopher
http://www.facebook.com/JosephChristopher
Looking for page name for 'diamonds', but face book didn't allow me to create that way.
i got the best one..heheh
Lucky to have a rare name :)
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not that there's that many girls named dulce who also thing they're snot-nosed.
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not that there's that many girls named dulce who also think they're snot-nosed.
But I got my second best www.facebook.com/RustyCarter
I got mine! Stalked fb for that last minute or so tho...
http://www.facebook.com/default.aspx
Thanks to the people at http://www.jialat.com/ for finding this.... now who is default.php...?
I got mine :) I wasn't afraid that someone else could take it first. This name is my real name and I think no one else has the same name. In fact I don't need an ID-number, my name is it.
Korkmaz means fearless but I'm not boxing :)
It was just so important to get the one that matched my brand strategy.
Robert Stanke
http://robertstanke.com
why? b/c bender is the most awesome-ist robot evar!
hahahahahaahahah
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I got the one I wanted :)
It's such a common name, I was shocked that any combinations of it at all were still available this morning. Sure is a lot prettier than the old random bunch of numbers!
I was online waiting for it and within a second my desired Username(khizar) was gone. At the end it was a waste to get up early just to signup username which i could have got after 3 hours of more sleep
Online, friends will get to your facebook through their Friends list or a hyperlink in an email (which could just as easily be the old-school URL) rather than typing in your username. The username is to make it easy to *vocally* tell someone how to find your facebook: i.e. "My facebook is at facebook.com/davidearlward." So it should be a username that would be easy to know what to write if someone spoke it to you.
www.facebook.com/DanielleMiyoshi