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

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Post by fareesh »

memorable wrote: post #84

Idk why but why are people getting mad at stuff that literally affects every other type of services online (like the chance of it shutting down)? 20$/year also doesnt sound all that expensive, thats 1.6$ per month! I rarely ever pay for things online, but I know damn well that anyone who pays for this service and then not use it would probably forget that they are paying because its so cheap! Sigh Hacker News moment…

The difference here is you are sharing email addresses, domains, feeds, networks, etc. none of which you will ever own if the service shuts down.

Other services can shut down but this type of entrenchment isn't there when my cloud notes shuts down, or when my hosted collaborative kanban shuts down. They can give me my data and I can go elsewhere. I don't have to get the world to update contacts and bookmarks and other stuff like that.

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

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Post by gnarbarian »

stkdump wrote: post #329
seti0Cha wrote: post #320

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"says something about you" is a warning shot for a potential shaming campaign. The expected reaction is for the warned party to backpedal to avoid having their defects loudly discussed. You can see it play out in other responses, wherein terms like "decent people" and "old, dead narrative" are deployed. In other words, trouble in the same sense that those subjected to "microaggressions" have trouble.

What you are doing is interpreting everything as you like, not as it is meant. You paint yourself as the victim when this all started with your baseless accusations. If you don't like people reacting to your accusations, you should not use a public forum.

This whole struggle session thread is a perfect example of how progressive values are enforced and advanced.

Acknowledging the existence of obvious branding or political affiliation means subjecting yourself to an inquisition where 30 people take turns trying to pigeonhole you as a bigot.

again the message is clear "you're not welcome"

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

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Post by camdenlock »

Kerrick wrote: post #331
camdenlock wrote: post #122

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I hadn't heard of Transhumansim before so I looked it up. Wikipedia says: > Transhumanism is a philosophical and intellectual movement which advocates the enhancement of the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies that can greatly enhance longevity and cognition. Is that the word you meant to use? It doesn't seem to fit with the rest of your list/comment.

I mean it in the sense of rejecting the “constraints” of our nature and seeking to move beyond them as far as possible.

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

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Post by sshine »

layer8 wrote: post #291
mushufasa wrote: post #283

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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...

That’s the main issue I see, they can stop the service at any time and then you’ll have no chance to get the subdomain back. You’re in a much better position with an actual second-level domain, because you can move the domain between service providers and registrars, and depending on locality you may also have actual legal rights to keep owning the domain.

Even for newer second-level domains like .lol and cool-looking ccTLDs like .io, the possibility that the registrar is going to end it, become unstable, or change policy is real. They’re marketing gimmicks.

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

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Post by zagrebian »

throwaway742 wrote: post #197
zagrebian wrote: post #148

Gen Z is probably asking why there’s no .yolo domain suffix yet.

I thought YOLO was more of a millennial thing.

It’s probably somewhere in the middle. When YOLO became popular a decade ago, most millennials were already in their mid-twenties, and the way I see it, new internet slang always “belongs” to the youth, and that was Gen Z at that time.

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

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Post by sshine »

mongol wrote: post #276
Tomte wrote: post #273

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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.

I got my first name on Github and now on omg.lol. I feel so fortunate.

My childhood friend got his 4-letter first name @gmail.com. First mover.

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

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Post by vukky »

alberth wrote: post #337
fmisle wrote: post #311

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You can use your own domain, you're not tied to omg.lol

Where does it talk about using your own domain? https://home.omg.lol/info I can't find it in the Help docs.

https://home.omg.lol/info/switchboard, the "external domains" section

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

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Post by tervly »

patates wrote: post #183
gnarbarian wrote: post #141

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like it or not but things like pronouns, rainbow themes, gender neutral avatars, even masks are used as political symbols to signify allegiance. It's opt-in (like wearing an arm band) and allows people who partake to identify political allies and adversaries. Even pointing this out objectively will get somebody steamrolled.

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Which human right does abolishing all female-only spaces come under? As that is the end goal of this movement that starts so seemingly innocently with preferred pronouns.

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

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Post by alberth »

vukky wrote: post #348
alberth wrote: post #337

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Where does it talk about using your own domain? https://home.omg.lol/info I can't find it in the Help docs.

https://home.omg.lol/info/switchboard , the "external domains" section

That section reads more like you can just have another domain redirect to omg.lol profile, as opposed to be served from that external domain.

Am I reading that correctly?

Meaning, your profile wouldn't be served from "example.com" but instead, "example.com" would simply do a browser redirect to "omg.lol/example"

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