I need a clue about facebook.

[onehandle]

I need to understand its functionality for a work thing.

I signed up and cannot for the life of me see anywhere that shows what my facebook address is.

If I sign up as say, "Buffaloface Bananahead," shouldn't my address be facebook.com/buffalofacebananahead?

I cannot find Anywhere in their interface what my address is. Not in the confirmation email.

Nowhere.

Please enlighten me.

[SteppingRazor]

1. You can make it whatever you want, provided that address isn't taken already.

Go to "home." There should be a big blue box at the top that's all about this very subject.

On edit: If you don't see the blue box, try going here:

http://www.facebook.com/username/

[sabra]

2. here u go

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/06/get_your_facebook_usernames_he.html


Get Your Facebook Usernames Here!

If all the status updates, photos, links, notes, quizzes and games you've added to your Facebook profile don't adequately reflect the awesomeness that is you, just wait until this weekend. Starting at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time Saturday, you'll be able to choose a username and convert your Facebook profile's Web address from an alphanumeric mess into something more memorable.

So, for example, instead of pointing friends to:

facebook.com/profile.php?id=3141592

(that's not a real address, as far as I can tell) you could instead direct them to:

facebook.com/guy_who_likes_pi

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based social network broke the news and explained the basics of this new feature in a blog post yesterday. Facebook will suggest a few usernames based on your own name, but you'll also be able to write something of your own creation as long as it's at least five characters long (so much for my dream of grabbing "robp") and consists only of numbers, letters and periods.

The post further explains that you'd better choose your username wisely: "Once it's been selected, you won't be able to change or transfer it." Anybody want to guess -- assuming that Facebook's servers don't first implode from all the traffic -- how many people will misspell a desired username in the wee hours of Saturday after spending a few too many hours at the bar?

Facebook's help section spells out further details. A separate note explains how administrators of public Facebook pages -- if they had 1,000 or more fans as of May 31 -- can set their own custom username and address.

[supernova]

3. They need to search for you

on fb. Then sign up, and "friend" you. Literally, put in a request to be in your network of approved friends. You approve them the next time you are on FB. And you do the same for them.

LinkedIn has web address profiles, but not facebook.

[SteppingRazor]

6. It actually does have url profiles, as of a couple weeks ago. n/t

[angstlessk]

4. what about the bar that is present when you sign on to "Buffaloface Bananahead"

you know, like this address is
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=389&topic_id=6015372&mesg_id=6015372

[mitchtv]

5. In your profile info

contact info

[onehandle]

8. And we have a winner.

I had to request to have a username and the system sent a confirmation text to my iPhone.

Then I had to select a username and accept that.

Got it. It worked.

Many thanks!

[CurtEastPoint]

7. I may be wrong about this but...

I've been using it for about a year. People just find you by searching for your name. They recently introduced an Alternate Name so that, say, you are Robert T. Smith but you go by Tommy Smith, it would allow for that.

But AFAIK, there is no 'direct contact' method, like an email address.

Anyone else concur or disagree?

[Javaman]

9. I said you can't use my name! jeeez!

:rofl: