Tag: VANITY-URL

When Facebook first announced it would be allowing users to pick vanity URLs, a lot of people rushed to claim some version of their real names, but others just picked something they thought would be funny or clever. If you recall, the vanity URL would allow you to use facebook.com/johnsmith if you were John Smith. Of course, if you weren't John Smith you could still grab the name, hence the mad ...

Facebook plans to roll out an update to the way it assigns URLs for user profiles later this week. Up until now, when you signed up for a new Facebook profile you were assigned a random string of numbers for your profile ID. But starting Saturday June 13th at 12:01AM you'll be able to sign up for a profile with your actual name. Users who already have Facebook accounts won't be left out in the ...