techcrunch.com — This looks really, really bad. An avid Facebook user named Harman Bajwa says that his Facebook vanity Url - Facebook.com/Harman - was unceremoniously revoked and sold to a business. Thing is...Harman is the guy's name...so using your own name violates TOS?
Jan 23, 2010 View in Crawl 4
Closed AccountJan 24, 2010
Yeah, like "the internet" were a force to be reckoned with (snicker).Reality check: "the internet" is nothing. For all its supposed "power", it can't do anything. It doesn't influence politics (unless having heavily restricting laws passed on what you can do on it counts as "influence"), it doesn't influence anything. All you can see on it is endless calls for boycotts that are never answered, online petitions nobody reads, and other ludicrous calls for actions that are never answered.The real world has learned that the "internet people" are lazy, complacent and, in the end, useless. They pose no threat and can be stomped on with absolute impunity.
leftylettyJan 24, 2010
did digg take this off their home?
linageeJan 25, 2010
You are an unfit mother. Your children are now the property of Carl's Jr.
seaberryJan 25, 2010
mmm, bad news
omegawolfJan 27, 2010
I guess Facebook is going to restore Harman's URL.<a class="user" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/23/facebook-gives-harman-his-name-back-apologizes/" rel="nofollow">http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/23/facebook-give ...</a>
zimbraJan 28, 2010
Looks like he's got it back now anyway.
palmerFeb 4, 2010
Protip?
papashawnFeb 11, 2010
wow, the sense of entitlement in these comments is staggering. Facebook can do whatever they want with any URL on the facebook.com domain. They didn't have to release these vanity URLs in the first place. It's not like people would've switched to a different platform if they didn't get to operate facebook.com/assclown.