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Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
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Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
#282Felt like making an account here just to say how much I've been enjoying this service. I got a lifetime license awhile back and love how it just keeps giving. The shortened email is cool enough, but all the extra goodies are just really tasty icing on the cake. The simple status social media site is fun because it's so low friction, you don't worry about anything other than just creating a stream of little updates. I…
...Also your lifetime account is basically worthless if more people don't sign up and pay. As there is no reason for the owner to lose money giving you services
Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
#283Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not $20. It's $20 per year . I know that might be semantic for some people, but for much of these services, I wouldn't want it going away after 1 year if I'm unable to pay that cost again. And for that reason, I think it's worth noting.
Domain registration has to be renewed, either per year or per years if you buy a bunch of licenses up front. So what's the alternative to this then? A lot of domains can cost around $20 per year.
What if they offered a 'lifetime' rate which is the NPV of $20 over 20 years, so like $1000 or something? You pay once and get it forever.
Of course, only as long as they can operate the service forever...
Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
#284Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is totally reasonable to charge a recurring fee for providing an ongoing service, but to be clear you are not buying a domain that needs registration. You are buying a subdomain of the domains that this company already owns. Some other sites give those away for free because there is no marginal cost per subdomain.
Which in the end is true for domains as well. Someone decides to sell subdomains of X, weather X is com or omg.lol. Com could be free as well. The only real difference is choice. Or to put it differently, you say it doesnt need registration. Well, it does. They require it. So what.
I think the main difference is a proper domain from a major registrar grants you ownership rights that you don't get from leased subdomains like OP's (mainly the ability to keep the domain even if the registrar goes out of business; and moving the domain between registrars).
Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
#285Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
I would be very curious to hear from a Fastmail rep on this as my demo account never did anything like this to my recollection, though that was a long time ago at this point and I’ve been a happy subscriber for 5+ years.
Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
#286Earlier quoted context omitted.
omg is ~40 years old, lol ~30; chances are they'll be about as cool in 20 as cool (~90) may be.
Cool isn't an acryonym but I get your point, I'll probably not be using it in 20 years either. It's still not something I'd put next to my name. It just comes down to being "not my style", there's a target market for this and it's not me.
Thank you for your input.
Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
#287Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's more than that, it's the entire theme. It screams "you're not welcome here." It's the left wing equivalent of putting up a bunch of burning crosses and pretending they don't mean anything. I know exactly how fairly I would be treated in that community and it looks like this: (the flagged and dead comment below this) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34271510
I'm genuinely curious and wanting to understand what makes you feel that way. Are you colorblind and the colors of the text are hard to read? They weren't very readable on light mode but I wouldn't call that political Is it the mastodon instance? The overall peppy feel of the page?
If you're not colorblind, you may notice the rainbow progression of navlinks under the title. Then there's the choice to include pronouns as a special data item in the markdown, and the specific choice of "they/them" in the example, even though that's probably much rarer than the two more traditionally-expected choices. Then, of course, there's the affiliation with a Mastodon instance; we're all aware of the developer's politically-motivated choices and limits on federation with the main Mastodon instances.
Is "burning crosses" over-the-top? Yes, obviously. Does it say, "You're not the kind of social we have in mind," to a sizable portion of potential users? Yes again.
Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
#288Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you know that Mastodon has federation?
okay so whats the point of joining omg.lol's mastodon instance if i can already access contents from another server? whats the special?
Almost all instances are run by volunteers, in this case you'd be using an instance you pay for, which should mean it will be more reliable and won't suddenly disappear.
But if it does then you can just migrate almost everything over (was something left behind that I cannot remember, but everything important is moved over).
Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
#289I would kill to know how many people converted despite these comments.
Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address
#290I would kill to know how many people converted despite these comments.
As per the founder's own post in Mastodon, 600+ sign-ups on account of the link in HN. (https://social.lol/@adam/109642813277235626)