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Issue requesting FB username for page

  • 29-08-2011 8:39am
    #1
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭


    I have a page for my band on FB with the requisite over 25 fans to request a username. I've checked the username by going to Facebook.com/username and it's not being used, but when I request it, Facebook says it's unavailable.

    I sincerecly doubt it's being used, as it's the name of the band followed by .ie to reflect our Irish domain name - I've used this naming convention incorporating the domain before on a few different pages and never had an issue. I've also put in something ridiculous like bigfloppydonkeydicks.ie and it doesn't have a problem giving me that, so I know it's not the .ie suffix that's preventing me from securing the domain.

    The only thing I can think of, is that the name of my band is also the name of a movie which is currently in the Cinema, and perhaps FB is preventing names similar to current movies from being chosen?

    I've tried contacting FB, but it's a disaster, you're led to endless help discussions with little or no options to actually contact FB themselves. I've tweeted them with no reply.

    Would anyone have a little more knowledge than me on this, or would anyone have a contact phone number/email address for someone in FB?


Comments

  • #2
    BrianD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭BrianD


    You didn't migrate from a profile to a page by chance?

    It's quite possible that the similarity in name to the movie might be your issue.


  • #3
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    I didn't, it's just a page set up specifically for the band. The movie thing is what's coming up in my head too.

    Only thing I think I can do is develop the site for the band as the domain is just parked for the moment, and then show FB it's genuine. Of course to do that I'd need to be able to contact FB :pac:


  • #4
    BrianD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭BrianD


    I had the same problem two years ago. Username was unavailable but not in use by anybody else. Fortunately, I had an aroundabout in road into Facebook to get it sorted otherwise I would have been goosed (sorry, can't help you on that contact).

    Wouldn't it be better to use the band name as opposed to a domain name that is linked into a .ie? Could you use the band name followed by "Ireland" or something apt?


  • #5
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    The issue it turns out is the band name itself. The first part of the name contains the word suck, which is banned by FB in their list of of swearwords when creating a username.

    Bah.


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