Comments on: Facebook, Please Take My Money (I want my URL)!

By: Robert J. Moore

Robert J. Moore — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:27:08 +0000

Dude I hear you!!!!

By: Andrea Santiago

Andrea Santiago — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:35:09 +0000

My name was taken as well – I initially assumed I’d lost it fairly to someone else named Andrea Santiago.

HOWEVER, a squatter has taken both http://www.facebook.com/AndreaSantiago and http://www.facebook.com/Andrea.Santiago – both addresses lead to a fake, friend-less FB account for a “Sophia Berry”. I hope facebook will do something about this.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:42:39 +0000

Man – with a name like Michael Smith, I knew what was coming, but still… I typed in msmith within the first second that the window opened, but it was already gone… as was michael.smith, smitty, smithy, you name it. All within the first 5 seconds.

Someone suggested that Facebook employees got first dibs, I guess that must be the case, but still!

By: David C.

David C. — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:03:17 +0000

Woops. Disregard me, then.

By: gizmotastic

gizmotastic — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:30:59 +0000

I felt they should have asked for cash to reserve a vanity URL. That would have been a hefty chunk of operating capital.

Next time the bank has you sign that your not that “Robert Moore”, be sure to put his URL on the form…

By: jakestein

jakestein — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:40:23 +0000

David,
Bob was suggesting that facebook allow him to buy the url from the guy who registered it, and maybe take a commission on the transaction. This would give the other Robert Moore the option to make some cash, or keep the URL if the offer is not good enough. That’s not penalizing him, just giving him an option.

By: David C.

David C. — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:08:27 +0000

I’m going to have to disagree here. It would be terrible etiquette if a big website like Facebook were to take money to take away someone else’s username/unique URL so that someone else who wasn’t fast enough could have it.

As much as I understand where you’re coming from, you were simply too late to get robertjmoore, and the person who did get that Facebook URL should not be penalized because of your willingness to pay cash.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:05:10 +0000

You got nothing on me . . people always assume I’m dead.

By: James Smith

James Smith — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:24:51 +0000

They use my name on example credit cards. I feel your pain.

By: Michael Campbell

Michael Campbell — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:58:20 +0000

Amen. It’s nigh impossible for me to get a decent login anywhere.