Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Facebook Vanity URL

I know I'm late in blogging about this, but I thought I really should do it 'cos I think deserve some bragging rights!

First of all, I've gotten facebook.com/JAYDEN! Suffice to say, I'd beaten all the Jaydens in the world in getting this unique username! YOU TELL ME, HOW COOL IS THAT?!

Everything happened so fast and before I know it, FACEBOOK.COM/JAYDEN IS MINE MINE MINE!

Here's how it happened:

I was at Fab's office that morning and we had two laptops logged on to Facebook, one to get his and another to get mine! I was quite relaxed in the beginning, but as the time slowly ticked away, I began to grew antsy and kept having thoughts like, "Meh. I don't think I can get just 'Jayden'. Maybe 'Jayden.Tan' or something lor"

To make it worst, the counter on Fab's screen was ticking 3 seconds faster than mine! I tried refreshing the page a couple of times and it was still the same! By that time, I was already consoling myself that 'Jayden' will be too impossible to grab.



I was still thinking to myself when Fab suddenly yelled, "CAN ALREADY!"

Turned to my screen, and I saw that blue 'CONTINUE' button, as if it was written as "CLICK ME NOW NOW NOW NOW!"

I didn't even read the instructions that came up. And I can't remember what was on the screen actually 'cos I clicked damn friggin' fast. I was like, "OMG DID I GET IT? DID I GET IT? DID I GET IT?"

The next thing was this:


I remember trying to restrain my exclamation of OHHHHH MYYYYY GAAAWWWWWDDDDD (cos there were other people in his office), whilst hearing Fab's dismay that 'Fabian' was taken. He eventually got /fabian.lau which is directable too from /fabianlau without the dot.

For the next hour or so, I was on Twitter, Plurk and Facebook announcing my shiny new username. I was too damn happy about it.

However, here's one thing that I simply don't understand.

Why do people get so excited even when they'd gotten something that is not-so-unique? They were like me too, exclaiming that they have gotten URLs like /jason.tan /emily.lim /jonathan.eng (FOR EXAMPLE ONLY)

Like hello?! As far as there might be tons of Jason Tans, Emily Lims, and Jonathan Engs, but that fella who grabbed only the singular name as the URL still triumphs over you. It's like, "Oh you mean your url's SLASH EMILY DOT LIM? Mine's just Emily!" (accompanied by the flicking of the hair to show how /emily is more superior than /emily.lim)

I have nothing to say about those with unique nicks that are already well-known by their friends. You've got your unique username, Y-A-Y, but you didn't have to put up a fight for it. So, why so happy?

Moral of the story, I am DAMN PROUD that I got /jayden. There should already be a high society club for all of the 'slash one names'! Who knows down the road, some bloody rich Jayden would buy this url from me? (evil laughter)

OKAY, I can already hear tons of people calling out "CHEAP THRILL!" "SO WHAT?!" But hey, look what this guy sent me minutes after I got my url.



At least there's proof that people (or penguins) are fighting for 'slash one names'!



P/s: Please don't add me on Facebook if I don't know you.