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Is it weird that I still don't use GMail much because my customary username (not this one) was taken by the time I finagled an invite? I don't really have a se
by zach 17y ago
Is it weird that I still don't use GMail much because my customary username (not this one) was taken by the time I finagled an invite? I don't really have a second choice, so I just stick with Yahoo! Mail. I guess I'm more vain than I think...
- tomjen 17y agoDepends - I hate having to keep track of a thousand different usernames, so I think it makes sense to stick to one.
- andyking 17y agoMy name's ever so common - it's taken in all the popular domain extensions, all the major email services, most of the social sites (I got in early on Twitter!). It's a pain; I don't want to use a "nickname" and I really don't want numbers at the end of my name. Then again, because so many people share my name, I'm barely traceable on Google which I quite like. (It's the reason I use the startup email provider Zenbe. They had my name available. I just hope they don't go tits up!)
- baddox 17y agoMy name's not too common, Thomas Shaddox, but the problem is, a domain will noticably have "ass" in it. ;) I've toyed around with buying tomshaddox.com, but I really don't want to go by "Tom," but I do have tshaddox.com for now.
- axod 17y agoOTOH, If it's a commonish name/nick, you have to endure countless incorrect emails from people who have you confused with someone else.
- johns 17y agoI don't have a particularly unique name, but I get 5-10 emails to the wrong people per week.
- Raphael 17y agoYou could use Gmail with your own domain name.
- zach 17y agoI did end up setting up my startup domain with GMail. It made me want to make a "regular" GMail account, but I still couldn't get past the name thing.