One interesting aspect of Facebook allow…

One interesting aspect of Facebook allowing you to buy a vanity URL is that you establish a verified name system. Not foolproof but better than the free name claiming that goes on at Twitter, WordPress.com and other sites. If someone buys the name of someone else then there is a verifiable, through the credit card used to pay, method of correcting the problem. Of course, we should all just buy our own domains instead, not give money over to a centralised system like Facebook. You can then point your domain at your Facebook URL if you so wish. §

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