Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address • Hacker News Board

I bought .is.gay, because lol (nothing derogatory, I just used it as a link shortener). About 6 months later it stopped working because apparently reselling subdomains isn't allowed for .gay :(

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 3:19 AM UTC

robjan wrote: post #9

simonhamp wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just a subdomain. It's the landing page, an email address with forwarding, creation of a Mastodon account on their instance... there's a lot there. $20/year is actually a bargain as it would likely cost you more than that each month to run all of that yourself

That's great until they get bored of running the service and you've now lost all of the aforementioned which are dependent on their domain.

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Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by jvanderbot » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 3:19 AM UTC

jhanschoo wrote: post #23

This looks like fun, reminds me of SDF but with an ability to provide more services due to the annual fee. edit: now that I revisit it, SDF does appear to provide more services, though probably with less commitment to reliability than omg.lol

Ahh sdf. I think I still log in occasionally even. Never did anything useful.

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by devin » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 3:20 AM UTC

I would kill to know how many people converted despite these comments.

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by hot_gril » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 3:22 AM UTC

simonhamp wrote: post #4

cottsak wrote: post #2

why would you buy a subdomain for $20/y instead of a regular domain?

It's not just a subdomain. It's the landing page, an email address with forwarding, creation of a Mastodon account on their instance... there's a lot there. $20/year is actually a bargain as it would likely cost you more than that each month to run all of that yourself

I get it, but $20 still seems rather high for that. Anyway, it's a cool website.

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by vatys » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 3:22 AM UTC

jhanschoo wrote: post #23

This looks like fun, reminds me of SDF but with an ability to provide more services due to the annual fee. edit: now that I revisit it, SDF does appear to provide more services, though probably with less commitment to reliability than omg.lol

Thank you for reminding me that SDF still exists. I just logged into my account there for the first time since 2005, and it still works.