Facebook Username ( Vanity URL / Permalink )
2009
My wife and I found a baby sitter to watch our daughter, Gabriella, tonight, and we were able to enjoy a Saturday night out, finally! Upon our return home, our sitter and good friend notified us that at midnight June 14th EST, Facebook opened up username based URL’s – or to us tech savvy people, vanity URLs or permalinks. Facebook did already have permalinks to user profiles, but they were difficult to remember and non-arbitrary.
While many major companies were able to acquire their “facebook/mycompany” URL ahead of public release, I know many will be in competition to get theirs ASAP. Our sitter quickly rushed home to be ready to snatch up his – I was unfortunate to still be stuck using my middle initial:
With as many software people named Chris Page – I didn’t expect for it to be easy…but what really chaps me, is a dancer in Australia got to it first! WTF? Amber was equally disappointed in the commonness of our last name, when she too had to use her middle initial:
You can register your vanity URL at facebook.com/username.
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