Exactly how is the introduction of vanity URLs on Facebook going to go? At 9:01 pm PST on Friday, the giant Silicon Valley-based social networking site will allow its 200 million members to log in and claim a friendlier username for part of their URL, instead of the long string of gibberish that is now there. That a lot of sites like Twitter, LinkedIn and others already allow you to do …

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