Facebook Usernames – a week later

The Facebook Username saga is still ongoing. It’s been a week since Facebook gave users the opportunity to choose their preferred username to make it easier for them to refer their profile to their friends.

Although it seems to be a good idea even though I did mention a few hitches that might be encountered in a previous post – and quite frankly I am not convinced as to whether these flaws in the system were exploited – and I guess only time will tell.

A week after I must say that I was surprised to read that the Facebook servers did not fail after the huge number of hits that were expected. I guess the geographical factor did influence this because people from different time-zones didn’t access it at the same time. I didn’t wait all night next to my machine to reserve my preferred username – but by the time I remembered about it (late afternoon), the username I wanted was still available! Should I consider myself lucky?

Facebook Usernames: Who will benefit?

One of the most popular and fast-emerging social networks is undoubtedly Facebook. Many individuals and businesses are using this network to keep in touch with friends or get their business known worldwide.

Whist Facebook carried a lot of advantages, many have noticed that it does not have a username authentication mechanism. In reality, those who want to register a Facebook account and login would use their email address and password rather than a standard username-password combination.

The news is that now Facebook, starting tomorrow 13th June at 6.01am CET, will be giving users the ability to register their own username. Whilst this is a great idea, I cannot imagine the chaos that there will be with people staying awake purely to register their desired domain.