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You have to realize that the general public doesn't always understand that the internet isn't always .com. My email is josh@josh[dot]micronesia. When someone —
by joshmn 9y ago
You have to realize that the general public doesn't always understand that the internet isn't always .com.
My email is josh@josh[dot]micronesia. When someone — such as a banker, or "everyday" person — asks for my email address, I overwhelmingly hear, "josh at josh dot m n at... what? gmail dot com? yahoo dot com?"
- sterex 9y agoIf it's very hard, you write or message it to them.
- jetpks 9y agoI get this too with my `.systems` tld. It's really not that much of a problem when I'm telling someone my email address out loud. What I have problems with are old html/js forms not accepting it for one reason or another.
- Sephr 9y agoThe repetition probably confused them, and it also doesn't look that nice. If you use something like me@josh[dot]micronesia I'm sure you would be met with much less confusion.