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6 commentsFriday, September 5, 2008

Bebo Alters Users' Profile Names

Lets Them Know Later

5 Comments

yeah

how come on bebo you can have you name like what ever you want i think it should be alloud because its away of expressing youself....
or they spell your name the way they think it should be spelled when its not really...

hi there, i have a problem

hi there, i have a problem with commenting/replying back to friends on bebo, but it just signs me out......how can i fix this problem?

Bebo

SomeBody Has Hacked Into My Bebo Account And Deleted My Bebo.!

i Really Want Too Get It Back Could You Please Help Me.!?

 

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hello how are you what have

hello how are you what have you been up to where do you live

It's for the new Bebo IM system...

 The new Bebo IM system that just went online is the reason for all the name changing - this system apparently runs on the same server as AOL's AIM system - hence why it only appeared after the AOL buyout. When you use the Bebo IM box, you're actually using the AIM system as username@bebo.com. The problem? The AIM servers don't allow usernames with -, only _. So anyone with a - would cause server errors for the IM system. To get around this, Bebo have apparently changed everyone's username -s to _s...

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