Howto Get a 1 Hour Reminder Before Facebook Opens Vanity Urls Creation

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Facebook Usernames Countdown

Just read on TheNextWeb that Facebook is about to allow users to switch from profile urls like http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1234567890 to http://www.facebook.com/username. Awesome, right? They will open up the registration on Saturday, June 13. On the registration page there’s currently nothing, but a countdown until registration is open.

If you have a common name and you’re afraid that your username will be taken (like I do), you probably want some alert before the countdown reaches 0. Well, that’s exactly why I created the @fbname Twitter bot.

FB Name Twitter Bot
Just follow @fbname and it will DM you 1 hour before the registration of vanity urls is actually available on Facebook.

Enjoy :)
Arik

  • abrahamvegh

    Great idea!

  • http://www.arikfr.com/blog/ Arik Fraimovich

    Than why you aren't following yet? :)

  • abrahamvegh

    Minor detail known as שבת ;)

    I decided to follow anyways though – it will remind me as soon as possible. :)

  • abrahamvegh

    Minor detail known as שבת ;)

    I decided to follow anyways though – it will remind me as soon as possible. :)