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Matt Stenning — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:19:40 -0000

Hey Ed,

It was something that was always going to happen, in a way it is complement to you and your name/brand. If people are sitting waiting for something like the vanity URL's on facebook to get your name you should be pleased that you have had such a big impact on the IM world.

Matt

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strategic management — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:54:55 -0000

I am writing a post on this. I read this at two place and it needs some form of strategy towards this scam.

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Splicer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:39:17 -0000

It's been a couple of weeks ... any news on the Facebook username theft^H^H^H^H^Hfiasco?

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Chris Clayton — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:53:58 -0000

i like how all of the peaple who have stolen these usernames are profiles and not pages!
if facebook opened it for pages first before profiles then they wouldnt have this issue, brands and companies with over 1000 fans could register their names and secure it so profiles couldnt take them.

profiles dont need usernames anyways, pages do.

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mylesagnew — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:53:06 -0000

Hi Ed,
I like they way you handled yourself. Some other marketers such as Jason Moffatt didn't do as well.

It's a big debate and it's one that's not going to go away anytime soon.

If I was you I would personally register ed_dale on facebook as it matches your twitter profile, I know from my experience if your username is the same accross all social media platforms people will find you easier.

Regards
Myles Agnew
http://www.mylesagnew.com/blog

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eddale — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:55:16 -0000

I would completely understand except for the fact that the profile was
named "Jessica Yuwell" until I highlighted the fact that they did this
- "she" then changed the name to Ed Dale after the event - check the
profile - it still says Ed Dale is a she!!!!!

It's at best stupid and at worst an attempt to decieve -

let me repeat if it was a real ed dale - I would have said total fair
play - but it wasn't and is not

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Edward Manning — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:11:53 -0000

No edit option :(

Glaring mistake:
there were links to paid products
should be
there weren't links to paid products

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Edward Manning — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:10:54 -0000

Did I miss something? I went to facebook.com\eddale. I didn't see anyone using that name "with the intention of benefiting from someone else's hard work or identity". They weren't selling anything, there were links to paid products. They weren't claiming to be this "eddale". In fact, the profile was private. They don't seem to be benefiting at all.

@eddale: Why should Facebook give the url to you. Why not to another real eddale? What if there's 20 eddale's all complaining about how they didn't get their vanity name. Dude - as much as you may want the name, you're not going to get it. It sets too much of a precedant for facebook to be taking vanity urls away from members and giving them to specific people just because "it's my real name". It ain't gonna happen.

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Helen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:06:05 -0000

I wrote Jessica and told her "shame on you" for what you did to such a nice man. Don't worry I didn't go all ballistic the way some anonymous writers do, instead I did a 'gramma scolding'. Ed Dale is probably the most benevolent human on the internet. He gives and gives and seems to truly care about others and their success. He has such a great attitude and wonderful sense a humor. And he's such a sweet daddy to his girls. If I was having a bar-b-que in my back yard I'd definitely throw another shrimp on the barbie for Ed. He was so stoked about that name thing and it just seems cruel that this girl snatched it out from under him. Guess it goes to show even the nicest guy on the planet is not safe from a mean spirited person. God Bless You ED.

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BrandMom — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:08:32 -0000

Ed. With you there. Appeal/Arbitration may be a good way to sort this out. Good luck!

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Justin Parks — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:21:40 -0000

Its a pity they didn't just allow a selection of vanity URLs based on the profiles stated name isnt it. eg I could only choose 1 out 10 possible vanity URLS based on my name Justin Parks. Would have saved so much heartache all round and stopped this practice of squatting and spamming or theft.

@ Mike Steves Its not the fact he missed out, hes clear in saying that if another person of the same name claimed it first then "ho hum, to bad, 2nd best option." Its the way someone has blatantly registered an established name and twisted it with the intention of benefiting from someone elses hard work or identity. Leaves a bad taste and is totally despicable and underhanded.

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Michael hamby — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:32:24 -0000

Anyword yet Ed on how it is coming along? If alot of people report that accnt this may get settled faster. I dont know just an idea I suppose.

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Jason Moffatt — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:37:03 -0000

I suffered the same wrath as Ed and quite a few others. I wrote about it on my blog here... http://www.jasonmoffatt.com...

I too will give Facebook a week or so to get this figured out. What they have done is basically aiding and abetting spammers. It's quite obvious that the guy who has my profile has no business having it.

For anyone thinking this isn't a big deal and suggesting we just move on, I think you are missing the point entirely. It's shouldn't be about first come first serve with a site as large as Facebook. It severely diminishes their legitimacy and ability to truly serve people in the proper fashion. The last thing Facebook users want to deal with is more spam. Unfortunately, Facebook has opened their own can of worms by allowing this.

There surely has to be a remedy to this brainless debacle.

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michelletrent — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:34:57 -0000

Not surprised that someone thought they could snatch your coveted name. Loved your response to Jessica Y. It was so you!

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Mike Steves — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:35:34 -0000

Wah. I'm sick of all the whining from people that didn't get their name. Boo freaking hoo. Two days ago you didn't have the name, is your life going to be ruined now because someone else got it?

It's Facebook for God's sake. Get over it.

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Gerard — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:19:30 -0000

Hey Ed,
I feel for you man. What she did was just plain wrong! I can't imagine anyone looking for the real Ed Dale landing on her page and being happy about it. If you ever want to leverage the power of your followers just say the word.

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Isha — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:53:46 -0000

@LouisinLondon: they will be letting us username our FB fanpages (with under 1000 fans) once the current lot have been dealt with.

The fake person now has at least 2 Ed Dale accounts, since it's clearly the same person who has eddale & ed.dale (same silly avatar & both in Seattle), so they can also be caught via the "only one account" rule. To those people who are saying effectively "get over it": people who want to follow our Ed need to know that they are following the correct person, particularly with the new preseason & the 30dc coming up.

Ed, hope this gets put right v soon.

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Nishadha Silva — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:13:20 -0000

Its bound to happen but I think FB will clean up those spammers pretty soon

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Dave — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:17:25 -0000

As you probably know, Twitter has a verified account icon now. They are doing this for this very problem. See @lancearmstrong a twitter.

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Groobers — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:47:17 -0000

Do people swear too much I don't know but please in this instance feel free to swear as much as you like, this is just wrong.

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Chris Brown — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:03:28 -0000

Maybe, but you didn't get eddale on Twitter, so why not be consistant and get ed_dale on Facebook?

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Kevin Kute — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:41:08 -0000

Hey Ed,

Am not sure if you had submitting a request to reserve your trademark name before the deadline expired which was a few hours before the registration opened.

Facebook indicated that you could still still protect your rights on their site using their existing infringement reporting process. If you wish to report that someone’s username infringes your intellectual property rights, you may report them to Facebook through their copyright page at http://bit.ly/mkCBH

But knowing you, you already have it under control.

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eddale — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:50:13 -0000

I'm sure they will to.

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eddale — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:45:10 -0000

Chris,

It's a principle and it exposes a weekness in the facebook system that
needs to be fixed.

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eddale — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:41:13 -0000

No Peter - it's a multi-million dollar business and fortunately the
law has various remedies to protect that.