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    No, You Cannot Be BMW (Or Any Other Big Corporation) on Facebook

    Have You Been Facesquatting?

    The Comical Facebook Land Rush You Should Ignore
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    08/01/09

    In reply to No, You Cannot Be BMW (Or Any Other Big Corporation) on Facebook
    Well I think the stupid girl with the same name as me who got it as her username before I could get it should have it taken away from her, due to the fact that she only has like 50 friends, wtf?
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    Image of Cinderelliotte Cinderelliotte
    07/31/09

    In reply to No, You Cannot Be BMW (Or Any Other Big Corporation) on Facebook
    but... what if his initials were BMW?
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    Image of labyrinthine IS DOING THIS labyrinthine IS DOING THIS
    07/31/09

    @Cinderelliotte: that would be awesome. like "American Brian Michael Warner says 'fuck you, Facebook'."
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/31/09

    @labyrinthine IS DOING THIS: Brian Hugh Warner has said 'fuck you' to a lot of people.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    07/31/09

    @Cinderelliotte: I think Facebook will be in the past when Bronx Mowgli Wentz starts using the interwebz.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    08/01/09

    @Syrax - in black for the Jezebanned: That poor kid has such a disastertrain of a name.

    He can't go by his first two initials either, then he'd just be B.M.
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    07/31/09

    In reply to No, You Cannot Be BMW (Or Any Other Big Corporation) on Facebook
    So, must the connection be to my ipse identity or my idem identity? Either way, I don't know what was so wrong with "str8-4-the-pooper."
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    07/31/09

    In reply to No, You Cannot Be BMW (Or Any Other Big Corporation) on Facebook
    I think they're revoking user names that contain nothing but numbers, as well. Someone I know registered "123456789" (may or may not have begin with a "0," I can't remember) minutes after the feature became available, and then received an email last week notifying her that the user name was being taken away because of the "clear connection to one's identity" stipulation.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/31/09

    @mattchew03: If they have a problem with mine on that basis, all they need to do is run a Google search.
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    Image of Accidental Billionaire Accidental Billionaire
    06/15/09

    In reply to Have You Been Facesquatting?
    Good job ruining his internet life. Oh, I'm sure he'll survive.


    People quite literally are addicted to facebook almost like babies are to their mother's boob.


    When they can't suckle, they cry. When someone else is getting fed, they get jealous.

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    Image of econdave econdave
    06/15/09

    In reply to Have You Been Facesquatting?
    If your name was Obie Fernandez, would you really want to publicize that? I'm just trying to figure out what kind of ethnic combination it is.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    06/15/09

    @econdave: Hispanic Jedi
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    06/15/09

    In reply to Have You Been Facesquatting?
    No, seriously. Check out Facebook.com/VanityURL.
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    06/15/09

    In reply to Have You Been Facesquatting?
    I snagged my city name, and I was surprised to see a lot of other common city names available about 20 minutes after the name grab started (i.e., Dallas, Capetown, Sandiego, etc).. not that it fucking means anything, except google might give a little bit o' index value to it when people search for shit in those cities :D
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    06/14/09

    In reply to Have You Been Facesquatting?
    This seems rather poorly thought-out. I mean, think of this sequence of events:


    TODAY

    Mike: Hey Obie, I got your Facebook name! PWND!!!LOL!!ONE!

    Obie: Fuck you.


    FUTURE

    Mike: Hey, check out my profile at facebook.com/obie.

    Everyone else: WTF?

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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    06/14/09

    @Claire Buoyant: It's the Facebook equivalent of the Snakes on a Plane tattoo.
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    06/15/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Yep. Then again, since facebook changes every few months, maybe he's hedging his bets that it won't really be permanent.
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    Image of mmstk101 mmstk101
    06/15/09

    @i'm a bottle: Awesome.
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    06/14/09

    In reply to Have You Been Facesquatting?
    Interestingly, the "real" Obie Fernandez had changed his legal name to Obie Fernandez just so he could have the www.facebook.com/obiefernandez URL. It's the saddest Greek tragedy of all.
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    Image of katekate is squared katekate is squared
    06/14/09

    In reply to Have You Been Facesquatting?
    But it's UNFORGIVABLE, Foster. TOTALLY UNFORGIVABLE.


    I wish I had thought to do this. I just used my own name, which is uncommon enough that it was still there Saturday afternoon.

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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    06/11/09

    In reply to The Comical Facebook Land Rush You Should Ignore
    wow so jaded. can we get a rundown of the great social networking name grab of 2525, that is to say, if man is still alive?
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    Image of Thatcornellguy Thatcornellguy
    06/11/09

    In reply to The Comical Facebook Land Rush You Should Ignore
    I'm personally gonna jockey for "/DiVaPrInCeSs". Why? So that I can make a thousand sixteen year old high school girls cry at the same time.
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    Image of KatieMick KatieMick
    06/11/09

    @Thatcornellguy: There's a wicked joke in there somewhere.
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    Image of Thatcornellguy Thatcornellguy
    06/11/09

    @KatieMick: It might be the one thing that daddy nor his Visa can fix.
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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    06/11/09

    @KatieMick: I typically accomplish the same result using a van with tinted windows.
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    06/11/09

    In reply to The Comical Facebook Land Rush You Should Ignore
    I guess I don't understand it, since everyone I know on FB already has the name they want, or some pretty close variant. I don't recall seeing the hysteria about getting the best gmail address a few years ago, even though that was very real. And since FB uses real name searching if you choose, it's not like you won't be able to find a person (unlike email, where it's more imperative to have an easy-to-remember-and-type addy).


    /just a philistine without FB, Myspace, or Twitter

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/11/09

    In reply to The Comical Facebook Land Rush You Should Ignore
    facebook.com/first
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    06/11/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: disemvowLOL! Nicely played.
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    Image of TableNine TableNine
    06/11/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: facebook.com/sucks
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    Image of Astigmatism Astigmatism
    06/11/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: Very well done.


    This is like getting a seat at a Momofuku Ko for 4chan.

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