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Re: Gail.com FAQ

#131

Post by palijer » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:37 PM UTC

londons_explore wrote: post #128

The owner could at least have put a helpful link to gmail.com at the top. Would have saved millions of minor frustrations for millions of people. Or, since they seem not to be using the root of the domain for anything but a smug FAQ, just an HTTP 302 redirect.

They are doing a ridiculously great thing with the position they found themselves in and of course people still have criticism about it.

Gail if you do see this you are an absolute badass and a fantastic member of the Internet community, thanks for what you've done here.

Re: Gail.com FAQ

#132

Post by xwowsersx » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:38 PM UTC

bmitc wrote: post #129

Everyone needs a little punk in their life, and this is punk. "I ain't gonna be part of this system. Maaaaaaannn." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYL5H46QnQ

"My dad's not a phone. Duhhhh!" LMAO

Re: Gail.com FAQ

#133

Post by OOPMan » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:38 PM UTC

londons_explore wrote: post #128

The owner could at least have put a helpful link to gmail.com at the top. Would have saved millions of minor frustrations for millions of people. Or, since they seem not to be using the root of the domain for anything but a smug FAQ, just an HTTP 302 redirect.

Cry more

Re: Gail.com FAQ

#134

Post by jest » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:39 PM UTC

Yeah, I can sympathize... I've been using "jest" as my nickname since college years, like 25 years now.

Now I'm bothered when someone upgrades @jest in their JavaScript project on GitHub or BitBucket

Re: Gail.com FAQ

#135

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:41 PM UTC

pelasaco wrote: post #96

dagenix wrote: post #2

I don't know anything about this Brazilian Gail company, but I hope nobody uses them.

Looking their website, looks like we can all complain at suelen@gail.com.br :))

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Re: Gail.com FAQ

#136

Post by pcai » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:41 PM UTC

smcl wrote: post #102

thrdbndndn wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://steam.com/ used to be similar, but apparently they sold out later. I guess nothing is permanent. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20161013203919/http://www.steam.... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20220730090724/http://www.steam.... (The site is offline at the moment.)

I think this is a good example of how if your desired username/domain is already taken, there’s usually a clever tweak you can do to get a similar one that works. In the case of Steam they went with “steampowered.com” instead. It makes me wonder why so many people go with like “firstname225” rather than spending a couple of minutes coming up with something little bit less silly-looking. In fact there was a funny thin…

There are like 8 billion humans alive at any given moment though, so this trick doesn’t scale for usernames. “Just be a little creative” has been extremely unlikely to work for years now at say…gmail

Re: Gail.com FAQ

#137

Post by diegoperini » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:43 PM UTC

sonofaragorn wrote: post #115

Why keep the domain if you don't plan on monetizing it? What's the point?

> What's the point?

Being a good example as a citizen of the internet by not exploiting people who mistype the address.

Re: Gail.com FAQ

#138

Post by Amorymeltzer » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:43 PM UTC

weatherlight wrote: post #130

Amorymeltzer wrote: post #125

Previous discussions of note: -2021, 109 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28283890 -2017, 160 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13817969 I am always happy to see this reposted, though.

An email i got from the moderators Hi weatherlight, The submission "Gail.com FAQ" that you posted to Hacker News in September 2019 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20956204) looks good, but didn't get much attention. Would you care to repost it? You can do so using this link: https://news.ycombinator.com/repost?[REDACTED]. If you use the same account (weatherlight), title, and URL, the software will give the rep…

Wasn’t suggesting you did anything wrong! Just pointing folks to other worthwhile discussions/comments.

Re: Gail.com FAQ

#139

Post by bityard » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:46 PM UTC

sontek wrote: post #127

cm2187 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tbh I'll take that over any SPA that breaks my browser default behaviour.

My only complaint is it goes full wide screen. If he put a limit on the width the text expands to so it was readable on large screens that would be perfect.

No, the page layout is likely designed to be readable on anything that speaks HTTP. Including text-based browsers, mobile devices with low bandwidth and performance, screen readers, etc.

All you have to do to get the text width you want is resize your browser window.

Re: Gail.com FAQ

#140

Post by charcircuit » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 2:49 PM UTC

hk__2 wrote: post #29

charcircuit wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there any research on how the quality of domain for a brand affects its key metrics?

Define "key metrics".

Page visits or leads / sales would be the primary ones.