From Jose:
Did you register your Facebook Username?
I thought we didn’t have to, only if we wanted to. What happens if we don't, do we lose our current name?
I'm glad you weren't really mugged.
DR Jane - Nothing will happen if you
don't register. From what I understand - and from what I learned last night - it's a bigger issue for Companies and Celebrities - "people" that have "Fan Pages". This way they can just say look us up on Facebook, and then all one would have to do is type in the company's name after "facebook.com/"
But some people also just want to be consistent from one "venue" to another: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, Tumblr, etc. This way their real name or their screenname can be used. For example...
I'm not "JoseSPiano" here on HHW, Facebook and Twitter.
*Oh, and a correction from last night: 200,000 Usernames were registered in the first three MINUTES of the "stampede". Thatsa lotta names. -And a lotta people on their computers and iPhones.
**And I do know some people who "lost" their name. There are a lots of "johnsmith"s out there. And I also know some people who took a username that may have been someone else's name. -If that makes sense.