Facebook Usernames Set to Cause Friday Night Stir
June 12, 2009 @ 3:57pm
Updated — June 12, 2009 @ 4:03pm
by Mason Razavi
If you have a date to go on, a movie to catch, family to see, or any other typical Friday night brew-ha-ha planned, I have bad news for you. You’re going to have to cancel.
After all, the joyous warmth of human interaction pales in comparison to the radiant glow emanating from your computer monitor, in front of which you will be accessing Facebook after 12:01 EST in order to select your username. As attached as you are to an ID like profile.php?id=1064330513, you just won’t be able to pass up the opportunity to finally pick a name that reflects your true character, like PrInCeFaN4eVa.
Sure, Cassandra is a lovely girl, worldly, bright, and certainly deserving of your company for your first date. But please. Priorities here, people.
Rest assured, everyone is expecting a flood of traffic to Facebook in order to take advantage of the first come, first serve system of distributing user IDs. So, make sure you giddy on up to be the first “johnsmith” out there.
For more info, see Facebook’s blog.
