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Tonight’s the night for Facebook usernames!

Friday, June 12th, 2009 by Griffin Hammond

In just over 4 hours, Facebook will allow users and Page admins to choose unique usernames! What this means, like on many other social media sites, is that users can obtain much more desirable, convenient, easy-to-remember URLs. Gone are the days of http://facebook.com/people/Chad_Brunswick/92219538. Hello http://facebook.com/chadwick! (Or whatever.) At 12:01 a.m. tonight, ...