A Productive Pen » facebook usernames A Productive Pen : A blog about writing, online marketing and personal development http://productivepen.com/blog1 A blog about Freelance writing, online marketing and personal development Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:31:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Facebook Usernames: The Impending Free-For-All Land Grab http://productivepen.com/blog1/2009/06/facebook-usernames-the-impending-free-for-all-land-grab/ http://productivepen.com/blog1/2009/06/facebook-usernames-the-impending-free-for-all-land-grab/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:39:17 +0000 ebourne http://productivepen.com/blog1/?p=40 Facebook.com
If you’re active on Facebook for business or personal reasons you’ll want to listen up. Starting at 12:01 am on Saturday, June 13th you’ll be able to sign up for your own custom username on Facebook. Whereas now you get a randomly generated number as your URL, now you’ll be able to get something like: http://www.facebook.com/jane.doe.

This is one of those times when I am thankful to my parents for not giving me a common name. Amongst the 200 million plus members on Facebook, there are only 4 members with the name Evelyn Bourne, so I think there’s a fair enough chance that I can snag my own name–unless the other Evelyn’s are quicker on the mouse than I.

The new usernames are being given out on a first come, first served basis so get ready to pounce at midnight. Also, you can’t change or transfer your username, so think it through before you select it.

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