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"Facebook has just captured the domain Facebook.me from a United Arab Emirates-based squatter, and the domain is already pointing users to Facebook.com.\nBut we recall another Facebook-based application created by a Facebook staffer that bore the same name; this product would turn your Facebook profile into a Tumblr-esque mini-blog. Is it possible that Facebook's sudden interest in this domain is a signal that this side project will become a larger, official part of Facebook's offering? Or will the redirect remain just that for now?\nAllFacebook reports that the domain was snagged by Amjad Abbas of the United Arab Emirates during a 2008 .me-TLD land grab for $5,115. He also allegedly grabbed oracle.me, trump.me and other domains that were likely illegal and unethical for him to own. \nA World Intellectual Property Forum panelist wrote in a decision that, although Abbas claimed to have bought the domain and others to impress his friends, this claim was implausible and Abbas actually made this registration in bad faith in order to turn a significant profit by selling the domain to Facebook. However, the domain was turned over to Facebook without any money changing hands.\nA few months ago, Facebook designer Rob Goodlatte showed us an app he whipped up for an internal hackathon: Facebook-me.com. Originally called Facebook.Me, the app may have simply called the company's attention to the fact that the domain was being squatted; it could have also inspired Facebook to reclaim the domain and roll out a mini-blog competitor.\nThe app uses Facebook Connect to pull in your profile data and arrange it in a number of formats that feature different kinds of content; it also gives the rather institutional qualities of Facebook's interface a bit more customization without completely turning over styling controls \u00E0 la MySpace. Here's an overview of how the app works:\n\n\n\n\nAt the very least, the idea of a Facebook.me \u2014 whatever the domain ends up being used for \u2014 calls into question certain aspects of interface personalization and user control. Do you think Facebook, the site that singlehandedly saved us from autoplay profile tunes and glitter graphics, would ever relent and allow users to select less sterile styles for their profiles and data? Or is it as true figuratively as it is literally: \"There is no 'me' in 'Facebook.'\"\nWe've contacted Goodlatte and Facebook's PR department for comment; we'll let you know if we hear back from them."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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