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JonnyStead


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Facebook Username URLs - You in?
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So, there is the opportunity from Saturday to claim your name as your url for your facebook page - in other words I could claim

facebook.com/jon.steadman

but of course there can be only one! so will you be rushing to get in?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_8092000/8092911.stm



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Personally, I can't see the advantage of being listed in either Facebook or Myspace...I'm on both and haven't made a dollar's profit from either...What's the point?...insanity...Ben

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No, I won't be losing sleep to do that.

If my friends are that desperate to find me on facebook, they will.  And if they can't find me, they can phone me - they'll have my number. aww

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ddvmor


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Not really sure of the point...

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JonnyStead


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The point is - if someone wants to find you, they dont have to 'search' but they could make the assumption facebook.com/darren.morrissey

In the same way as coke went for coke.com as against a random set of letters and numbers behind the URL

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ddvmor


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Okay. They could make that assumption and they would get one of the 10 or so Darren Morrisseys on Facebook. If it's the wrong one (and there's a nine in ten chance) then a 'search' is needed anyway. Likewise, 18 people pop up on a 'search' for your name, 71 for Aodan (276 if I use a variation on her name) and 148 for Susan. The odds get longer.

Anecdotally, people seem to prefer to use search engines to find stuff on the net rather then urls. I have watched you use Google to get to Amazon, Youtube and Ebay in the recent past.

Your point about Coke is a good one, however it doesn't always work if someone got there first. B&Q had to settle for DIY.com a few years back and Gmail famously missed out on gmail.co.uk. And of course for many Uk companies, you have to remember to put the right suffix on the end - Argos and Comet are examples. It's counter intuitive to use a US based url for a UK based website or person.

Oh yeah... and f**ck you Windows for making me type this twice. It was way better the first time!



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JonnyStead


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"Your point about Coke is a good one, however it doesn't always work if someone got there first."



thats exactly the point you see - the idea is get the name so you are the man!



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If that's the case, isn't it a bit like posting 'FIRST' on the comments section of a news article?

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JonnyStead


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Erm no - I dont think so - more about being the man

There maybe 18 Jon Steadman's on facebook but there can be only 1 with the URL and that... well that would be me :)

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Somebody explain the point of Facebook to me again?

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JonnyStead wrote:

There maybe 18 Jon Steadman's on facebook but there can be only 1 with the URL and that... well that would be me :)

So what time dod you get up this morning to beat the other 17 Jon Steadman's into second place?

 



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JonnyStead wrote:

Erm no - I dont think so - more about being the man

There maybe 18 Jon Steadman's on facebook but there can be only 1 with the URL and that... well that would be me :)



Okay. Yeah. wary
sha76jam wrote:

Somebody explain the point of Facebook to me again?



Apparently it's so that you can be the man.

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sha76jam


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Oh, I shan't bother then, I've no desire to be a man!

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sha76jam wrote:

Oh, I shan't bother then, I've no desire to be a man!


There are some of us that appreciate that...Ben

 



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JonnyStead


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sha76jam wrote:

I've no desire to be a man!



 Pretty big protest there me thinks...?



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Personally, I consider Shaz to be much more of a man then you, without even needing a facebook url to prove it to anyone!

Also, she's not very manly, which leads me to suspect that you...


Ahem...

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JonnyStead


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ddvmor wrote:

...Shaz to be much more of a man then you, ...


smooth.

 



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Mmm. Yes. Almost as smooth as:

JonnyStead wrote:

but of course there can be only one! so will you be rushing to get in?

or

JonnyStead wrote:

'search'

or

JonnyStead wrote:

thats exactly the point you see

or

JonnyStead wrote:

maybe

or

JonnyStead wrote:

me thinks...?

or

JonnyStead wrote:

smooth.

Probably best not call out the kettle when your pot is way blacker, dude! I can out-pedant you with my eyes shut and my hands tied behind yo momma's back!

It's your choice - you can either backpedal, get all defensive, change the subject or give in gracefully.

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Susan


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Handbags at dawn methinks - heads down!

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sha76jam


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I'm not even sure if I'm still in this fight, but if so may I request that we make a change from the usual handbags & go with stilettos? I don't want Stead trying to cheat by using a man bag.

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Susan wrote:

Handbags at dawn methinks - heads down!


Mandatory footwear of the day: Stiletto heels...fight...Ben

 



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JonnyStead


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ddvmor wrote:

Probably best not call out the kettle when your pot is way blacker, dude! I can out-pedant you with my eyes shut and my hands tied behind yo momma's back!

It's your choice - you can either backpedal, get all defensive, change the subject or give in gracefully. thumbsup.gifnod.gif


Aw bless - he missed the point.

 



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Or maybe you changed the point when it didn't work out so well for you. It's not like you haven't done that once already in this thread.

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JonnyStead


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I was merely pointing out your mistype. Nothing complicated. :)

Come on now, lets wind this up before the ladies get upset. And, no lady jokes JDK - that would be too obvious.

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sha76jam


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But given who it is getting upset, it must be a hard thing for the JDK to resist, no?

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JonnyStead


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You're being biased - that isnt nice is it?

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ddvmor


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JonnyStead wrote:

I was merely pointing out your mistype. Nothing complicated. :)

Well, duh...

JonnyStead wrote:

And, no lady jokes JDK - that would be too obvious.



You're a lady joke... Damn. I fell right into it!

sha76jam wrote:

But given who it is getting upset, it must be a hard thing for the JDK to resist, no?


I just can't help myself. It's like an addiction...

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sha76jam


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I'm being lectured by Stead on being nice? Please excuse me, need to go have a bit of a lie down.

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