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Facebook Rolls Out FB.me URL Shortener

Submitted by Ryan Spoon on December 12, 2009 – 1:19 pmComments

I have noticed that mobile alerts from Facebook have shifted from m.facebook.com to fb.me URLs. While it certainly creates a cleaner URL, it will be interesting to see if this is a step towards other larger initiatives:

- user analytics / fan page data
- integration with feed posting and FB Share
- focus on ‘notes’ and external link sharing
- Facebook Connect integration (?)

And, based on the above opportunities, it will be interesting to see how (if at all) this impacts folks like Bit.ly (who have become prevalent on Facebook after dominating Twitter).

fb.me URL shortener

Popularity: 2% [?]

  • I think it is definitely the first wave of the FB connect integration. Realistically, there is no reason for a site as big as FB to make those types of changes without having a more significant goal ahead....it isn't worth the programming time or risk.
  • d3in0s
    notice how short the last bit is, tho... and think of how many photos there are on facebook...

    who the fuck cares if the url is a little longer, this is gonna have more h4x potential than anything else, i betcha... it's the same kind of bs that made facebook photos so easy to hack only a few months ago
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