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$20 for a subdomain? absolutely no. some have mentioned the mastodon instance of omg.lol but who cares about that? it's a desert with only 500 people.
Did you know that Mastodon has federation?
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This is around for years and the chewbacca.omg.lol and the lukeskywalker.omg.lol are still available to snatch?! Omg!
There are also plenty of two letter subdomains left, so I guess it just never got that popular.
As comparison: I've got a two letter GitHub account and joined in late 2009, so 1.5 years after its founding.
Having to renew is inconvenient, and makes it possible to lose your name.
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There are also plenty of two letter subdomains left, so I guess it just never got that popular.
That's exactly what I saw today. Got my initials. :-) As comparison: I've got a two letter GitHub account and joined in late 2009, so 1.5 years after its founding.
How do you maintain a site like that today? Won't it need an army of moderators? Had a mate starting some sort of a pastebin / blog site and it wasn't long before people started posting questionable content and he had to be on top of it so that the hosting provider doesn't suspend his account. That took majority of his time and he basically couldn't get time for anything else and site wasn't bringing enough money fro…
I expected to hate this and walked away thinking it was a pretty ok idea. Good job! The idea of curating alternate services together and offering it as a product feels novel - does anyone else do this? I'd love to see hosting offered for curated open source services that are interoperable. Sort of like all those WordPress hosts of yore (and today!). Edit: omg.lol, is it AOL?? :D Edit 2: The price is even the same! $1…
Same here.. Though the services aren't bad, but the decent API made me feel like there's really some love put in.
The main thing that put me off is the two acronyms that I barely hear anymore.. haven't seen lol in a long time and omg has certainly decreased for me, I'd feel awkward using it. Maybe if they had an additional re-branded version that was less 'hip', I'd be up for it :D
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If it was advertised as mastodon I would close the webpage. I have 0 interest in it and I don’t know anyone in my direct tech circle who is on it.
You really have no interest in the concept of a non-corporate / non–billionaire-controlled Twitter? Not trying to bait you, but genuinely curious on your stance.
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What is so great about fastmail? I keep hearing people talk about it but haven’t “gotten it” yet.
I tried fastmail once when I was looking for a new provider. Free trial, they said. So I created an account, switched over my MX records, changed my mail client, etc. Seemed fine. That is, until I received an email from my father. I couldn't open it. It was so perplexing that I eventually opened a ticket with support to see what I screwed up. Turns out their "free trial" only worked with other fastmail addresses unti…