Facebook, thy name is vanity
I can’t believe what a fuss people, well, tech people, ok, geeks, are making over the opportunity to reserve a vanity URL on Facebook tonight. There was a prolonged countdown hours before the window of opportunity opened, then a flood of postings showing off the URLs once obtained. It was near hysteria. People pushing and shoving, knocking the poor geeks glasses all askew. There might have even been a death or two from the crush of Facebookies trying to get through to the magic URL. The screaming of those poor souls being trampled, I’ll hear it in my mind for a long time. It may be muffled by all the other voices I hear in my head, but I’ll hear it, faintly, off in the background. 
I just can’t fathom such joy at such a dubious accomplishment. What does it say about the quality of your life when getting to have a personal URL on Facebook is the highlight of your week? How pathetic has your existence become when you feel proud to own a personalized URL on Facebook? What a complete loser you must be to feel compelled to announce to the world that you can now be found at facebook.com/ohlookatme/.
I’ll have more to say on this sad internet meme over on my Facebook page. That would be http://www.facebook.com/jack.carlson.
