Comments on: Miss Out On Your Facebook Vanity URL? Here’s Your Consolation Prize.

By: ‘Net News Roundup 6/26/09 | Getting Spotted

‘Net News Roundup 6/26/09 | Getting Spotted — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:30:40 +0000

[...] Miss Out On Your Facebook Vanity URL? Here’s Your Consolation Prize. – Absolute sweetness! If you missed out on getting the vanity name you wanted for Facebook there’s an app that gives you a second chance. Your URL will have an additional four letters, but that’s a small price to pay for the name you want. Check the article for details. [...]

By: Insider

Insider — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:14:11 +0000

Whats the big deal with this..

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:31:29 +0000

What a stupid idea, has the world gone vanity crazy or something…

By: Mathias Dam

Mathias Dam — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:03:03 +0000

You mean http://youtwitmyface.com/

By: FBuser.com

FBuser.com — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:41:02 +0000

fbuser.com is much better and simpler just go for it

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Vanity Fair :: reyonthehill — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:49:11 +0000

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By: alex

alex — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:53:02 +0000

I’d love to hear some stats as to how many hits they actually have to the vanity’s versus people going to facebook.com and logging in. I got the one I wanted but have yet to hand it out and still just login to view updates, etc

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:42:21 +0000

agreed but it sort of looks funny… just a little bit.

whatever happened to using the tried and true 101 or 1154 number combination after your name?

facebook.com/matthyatt101 or 0001?

For me, I didn’t want my whole name, so I just got my last and I got it since I did it pretty early in the game. In hindsight I may have added my first name too but hey, its done.

By: davebroham

davebroham — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:32:53 +0000

nahhhh it’s not about the URL it’s about the fact that Facebook will be leveraging the identifier as a short hand/alias at some point.

won’t work with this

By: schatcat

schatcat — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:56:31 +0000

word

By: buzz

buzz — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:31:59 +0000

Lame. Get your own domain and set up a redirect.

I am buzzbishop.com/facebook – I own my brand, not Zuckerberg.

By: Gebadia Smith

Gebadia Smith — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:05:38 +0000

This is a dumb idea and only an idiot who doesn’t dev apps would think it is a good idea cause that URL is the same url apps canvas pages use.. http://apps.fac...com/webaddress/ is one that did the same thing, like a year ago.. without screwing over other apps… I am fine but now you are going to make it harder for apps to get a decent URL that will match there names.. It is not a good idea.. it is misleading.. and stupid..

By: Saint-o Nick

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:39:59 +0000

Looks like they are doing there own landgrab. This morning I woke to find that they took back my vanityurl, no explanation given. It was /programs but still, they gave it up!

By: Andrew Michael

Andrew Michael — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:17:19 +0000

I just added .fb, seems good enough.

facebook.com/andrewmichael.fb

By: Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:11:57 +0000

Wonder why it needs the API and Secret? Anyone know?

By: Donkey Face

Donkey Face — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:43:38 +0000

crappy to the highest level! i believe part the idea of having a vanity url, other than it looks good when written/typed, is that so your friends can remember it easily. I mean why the heck would you want to confuse your friends with apps.facebook.com/jason and the other luckier guy at facebook.com/jason

scrap this and please go back to the drawing board.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:08:18 +0000

Yeah, this app will survive the weekend…

By: Myles

Myles — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:46:44 +0000

You might as well just call it http://facebook...m/apps-yourname or better yet, something other than ‘apps’.

By: hats

hats — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:14:17 +0000

Even better would be for people to append “.com” to the end of their names.

By: Zooey

Zooey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:13:32 +0000

My name is so unique I got the one i wanted right away…

By: Rolando

Rolando — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:04:03 +0000

Uncool, really.

By: Sean Sitter

Sean Sitter — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:03:53 +0000

Well said.

By: stephen

stephen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:56:20 +0000

At 12:00.10 I got my name – stephen.harris i am #1 (or #2) in google for my name – so was glad to nail this down. BUT why midnight on a friday night (east coast…geez).

as for these gimmicks – i think they will lose in the end.. no SEO, no real memory …. why didnt they try at midnight like the rest of us…

By: DemoGen

DemoGen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:55:42 +0000

I think that would be worth a trademark infringement lawsuit, and that’s about it.

By: Miss Out On Your Facebook Vanity URL? Here’s Your Consolation Prize. - TechChuck

Miss Out On Your Facebook Vanity URL? Here’s Your Consolation Prize. - TechChuck — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:53:52 +0000

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