Insomnic Dreams

Facebook has rolled out a new feature this weekend called Facebook Username. This allows you to have your Facebook profile be a name you choose (and is available) instead of a string of numbers.

For example, my Facebook profile page is now http://facebook.com/insomnic and fits nicely on a business card or page listing (easier to remember too).

Of course, depending on how you set up your privacy and your goals you may end up having your Facebook profile show up before your LinkedIn or personal website so be sure to check your Facebook privacy settings to be sure the right pages show up in search results.

Also, there is an interesting timeline of how this service offering will play out written by Anil Dash. Give it a look for a humourus look at how these types of changes sometimes play out.

So go grab your custom username now before it’s gone. Be sure to remember that if it’s too complicated it’ll be hard for people to remember and if you have creative spellings of common words people will misspell it. Good luck!

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