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Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by yters » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:11 PM UTC

LordAtlas wrote: post #25

thesephist wrote: post #16

Hey all :) creator here (and yes, you can reach me at linus@heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com). Was talking with a friend last night and I bought this domain on a whim because I thought it would be funny. And then spent a couple hours making this landing page and it's since turned into this elaborate joke. Hope it added something to your day~ haha

If I may make a suggestion, redirect the Rickroll link through a "/reserve" link on your site so it's not immediately obvious on mouse hover.

well no need to click the link now

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by davidcollantes » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:21 PM UTC

fouc wrote: post #83

Another great parody here: https://bye.fyi

Too bad it is broken:

> Your message wasn't delivered to demo@bye.fyi due to an error. > > The response was: > > write EPROTO 140451178456960:error:14094438:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:tlsv1 alert internal > error:../deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/record/rec_layer_s3.c:1544:SSL alert number 80 > > > If you need help, forward this to support@forwardemail.net or visit https://forwardemail.net.

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by msoad » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:31 PM UTC

Similar to omg.lol

I actually have an email with them. I use it when I have to give an email, specially in person. It's so much fun when people see this sort of email address!

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by sirjonathan » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:32 PM UTC

notamy wrote: post #171

tambourine_man wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The song is awesome, but the clip is cringy as can be. From the awkward dancing, nonsensical acrobating and sunglassing to Rick himself. Even though the song's got a good beat, he can't seem to move to it no matter how hard the editor tries to cut or how cool he tries to look. And I'm always surprised by such a deep voice coming from such a skimpy guy, which contributes to the joke.

I prefer this version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQoA_wjmE9w

You may have missed an opportunity there.

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by 1123581321 » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:34 PM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #110

benhurmarcel wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But I don’t understand why they built a service and not a client. Some of the core features aren't feasible with a simple client. For example screening new contacts by default, merging/renaming threads only for you, adding notes to a thread, save bits of content…

> screening new contacts by default A client could certainly handle this, but it may not translate to other instances of the client. > merging/renaming threads only for you An advertised feature that did not even work on their release. Maybe they fixed it by now, I don't know, I did not end up buying the product. The initial release was quite buggy.

Anecdotally, I’ve renamed and merged several threads between the initial release and now.

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by sdfhbdf » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:41 PM UTC

kroltan wrote: post #143

I found a bug: If I resize the window to cover both my screens the title bar, I run out of Ys. Unacceptable! https://i.imgur.com/Jw0NTxf.png

weird flex but ok

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by blindm » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:46 PM UTC

Interesting. The source code for the Useless Web[0] lists `heeeeeeeey.com`

    var sitesList = [
    "http://heeeeeeeey.com/",
    "http://corndog.io/",

But not https://heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com/

Source:

https://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/js/ac60b9af5090596957c...

[0] https://theuselessweb.com/

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by hellofunk » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:48 PM UTC

1123581321 wrote: post #185

hellofunk wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> screening new contacts by default A client could certainly handle this, but it may not translate to other instances of the client. > merging/renaming threads only for you An advertised feature that did not even work on their release. Maybe they fixed it by now, I don't know, I did not end up buying the product. The initial release was quite buggy.

Anecdotally, I’ve renamed and merged several threads between the initial release and now.

I know that feature was on their internal list of bug fixes, so it sounds like they got through at least that far on the list!

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by circa » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:48 PM UTC

thesephist wrote: post #16

Hey all :) creator here (and yes, you can reach me at linus@heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com). Was talking with a friend last night and I bought this domain on a whim because I thought it would be funny. And then spent a couple hours making this landing page and it's since turned into this elaborate joke. Hope it added something to your day~ haha

thank you! I LOL'd when I saw it :)

Re: Heyyyyyyyyyyyy.com

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Post by jb1991 » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 4:49 PM UTC

1123581321 wrote: post #179

jb1991 wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Part of the issue was how they handled the "application" to be one of the first users. It was quite pretentious. They wanted you to express yourself in some novel, poetic way to convince them you are worthy of testing their golden new service. It was silly. In the end, it was also meaningless, everyone got invites anyway. But, the arrogance lingers.

Yes, I linked to that page. “ To get on the list, email iwant@hey.com and tell us how you feel about email. Could be a love story, or a hate story — or both. Could be long, could be short. It’s your story, so it’s up to you.” I wouldn’t call that novel or poetic but I understand resenting it.

Regardless, it’s quite pretentious to expect people to put forth creative and expressive energy for something they’re possibly going to end up paying you money for anyway.