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> they want to be able to choose non-unique ones rather than end up with user53267 or something inane. Disagreed. I'm 39. I've known hundreds of people (HS, co
by Solvency 3y ago
> they want to be able to choose non-unique ones rather than end up with user53267 or something inane.
Disagreed. I'm 39. I've known hundreds of people (HS, college, etc) and many close friends who willingly made email accounts like "brijacks85" (their birth year) or "sammichelson212" even when their actual names were still fully available on yahoo/gmail/hotmail, etc. I used to regularly create email accounts for these people using just their names and then ask "why didn't you just check your own name first?" and they'd usually just shrug with total indifference and never use the account I made for them.
- buro9 3y agoOh yes, some large number of people are incredibly habitual. But some also large number of people are not.
- ForkMeOnTinder 3y agoI'd never use an account someone else made for me either. Who knows if after you created it, you added some recovery questions or a recovery email or saved the login cookie or who knows what else? I'll stick with my fresh account made on my own PC through my own connection, thanks.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoWhen you get the simplest variation of a name on a popular site you’ll receive mail from all the mistaken folks who weren’t careful enough. Similarly, I get a small fraction of the mail of a texas lawyer, because her email address string is a super set of mine, and some percentage of her clients don’t bother or notice the need to add the extra suffix.