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    Accidental Billionaire: 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... more »
    econdave: 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. more »
    raincoaster: No, seriously. Check out Facebook.com/VanityURL. more »
    lobstr: 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., Dall... more »
    Claire Buoyant: 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:... more »
    Awesome X: 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... more »
    katekate is squared: 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 ... more »
    raincoaster: My friend scored the BESTEST Facebook namerush name: [facebook.com] and just in case it gets shortened that's right, her custom Facebook URL is "Vanit... more »
    shostakobitch: 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? more »
    Thatcornellguy: 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. more »
    Ash78, cube farmer: 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 hys... more »
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