Comments on: Do You Take This Profile Name…Till Death Do You Part? http://www.socialmedialand.net/2009/06/12/news-curiousities/permanent-profile-names/ Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:55:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Facebook Vanity URLs | Ryan C. Miller.com - Social Media, Design, Tech, Commentary - broadcasting from Utica, NY http://www.socialmedialand.net/2009/06/12/news-curiousities/permanent-profile-names/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Facebook Vanity URLs | Ryan C. Miller.com - Social Media, Design, Tech, Commentary - broadcasting from Utica, NY Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:37:47 +0000 http://www.socialmedialand.net/?p=675#comment-110 [...] you want your FB url to be BigSexy99, think again. Its like getting a really bad tattoo. My friend Katie has a good post on this as well that I caught as I was [...] [...] you want your FB url to be BigSexy99, think again. Its like getting a really bad tattoo. My friend Katie has a good post on this as well that I caught as I was [...]

]]> By: Alison Castillo - or should I use Green cuz that's how you know me... http://www.socialmedialand.net/2009/06/12/news-curiousities/permanent-profile-names/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Alison Castillo - or should I use Green cuz that's how you know me... Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:56:48 +0000 http://www.socialmedialand.net/?p=675#comment-108 I struggled with this for every online registration or name choosing during my two year limbo period they call engagement. Now I am in the habit of using the same name for everything - alisonrose. First and middle. THAT I am almost certain will never change. I'm not one for jinxing things. I struggled with this for every online registration or name choosing during my two year limbo period they call engagement. Now I am in the habit of using the same name for everything – alisonrose. First and middle. THAT I am almost certain will never change. I’m not one for jinxing things.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.socialmedialand.net/2009/06/12/news-curiousities/permanent-profile-names/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Sarah Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:45:22 +0000 http://www.socialmedialand.net/?p=675#comment-107 I have struggled with the EXACT same issue all day - I can't decide which vanity URL to go for, as I am engaged. My maiden name is what my personal brand has been built upon. And unfortunately, I have already gone through the hassle of getting divorced many years ago, and stupidly used my married name at the time for my MySpace URL, which was most definitely a thorn in my side until the day I abandoned MySpace altogether. I wrote multiple letters to MySpace explaining the situation, but as you said, it's just another challenge that women are exclusively forced to deal with in the business world. I never got a response. Your article hits on every single detail of what thought process we have to go through in deciding what to use, and I think it will just have to be a last minute decision - or maybe the land-grabbing will take some options out of play to make up my mind for me. I have struggled with the EXACT same issue all day – I can’t decide which vanity URL to go for, as I am engaged. My maiden name is what my personal brand has been built upon. And unfortunately, I have already gone through the hassle of getting divorced many years ago, and stupidly used my married name at the time for my MySpace URL, which was most definitely a thorn in my side until the day I abandoned MySpace altogether. I wrote multiple letters to MySpace explaining the situation, but as you said, it’s just another challenge that women are exclusively forced to deal with in the business world. I never got a response.

Your article hits on every single detail of what thought process we have to go through in deciding what to use, and I think it will just have to be a last minute decision – or maybe the land-grabbing will take some options out of play to make up my mind for me.

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