John C Abell, Editor, Epicenter, Wired.com

Facebook URL Madness: I Got Mine, But So Did Haywood Jablome

June 16, 2009 at 12:03 am PT

Imagine the odds: No sooner did Facebook swing open the doors to its fire sale of vanity URLs than a geeky frat party ensued, as members reserved prankish, clever and lewd names instead of maybe the digital alias their friends (and mothers) might have hoped for.

Mashable reports that 500,000 people got processed within 15 minutes of launch, which is impressive service, especially since there are virtually no reports of anything going wrong technically.

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