NEW YORK - June 10, 2009 - Starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, the popular online
hangout's millions of users will be able to claim a name to use as
part of their profile page's Web address - as in
http://facebook.com/janedoe. Currently Facebook assigns each
profile a string of numerals.
Fan pages for businesses, brands and celebrities will be able to
adopt such names, too.
Facebook says people will be able to choose the names on a
first-come, first-served basis.
In doing this, Facebook is playing catch-up with News
Corp.-owned MySpace, which has let its users pick their own
monikers since its 2004 launch.
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