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Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by rad_gruchalski »

yitchelle wrote: post #89
DataCrayon wrote: post #86

I bought https://m8.fyi because I wanted a URL shortener to use for my work - it's hard to expect someone to type out " https://datacrayon.com/posts/plotapi/showcase/pokemon-types-... " from a GIF/MP4. I thought it was good at the time, i.e. "Mate, for your information...", e.g. "m8.fyi/something". However... it seems that many people don't recognise "m8.fyi/item" as a URL!

Love this. Are you an Aussie? Only an Aussie would start with a conversation with "Mate", or "Maaaate" for when emphasis is needed.

And Brits! Fairly common to be referred to as “chill, mate”…

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by DataCrayon »

yitchelle wrote: post #89
DataCrayon wrote: post #86

I bought https://m8.fyi because I wanted a URL shortener to use for my work - it's hard to expect someone to type out " https://datacrayon.com/posts/plotapi/showcase/pokemon-types-... " from a GIF/MP4. I thought it was good at the time, i.e. "Mate, for your information...", e.g. "m8.fyi/something". However... it seems that many people don't recognise "m8.fyi/item" as a URL!

Love this. Are you an Aussie? Only an Aussie would start with a conversation with "Mate", or "Maaaate" for when emphasis is needed.

That is the first positive comment I've ever had about m8.fyi - thank you, really!

I'm British - "mate" is used often but it doesn't sound as friendly as when Aussies use it!

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by Clewza313 »

DataCrayon wrote: post #92
yitchelle wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Love this. Are you an Aussie? Only an Aussie would start with a conversation with "Mate", or "Maaaate" for when emphasis is needed.

That is the first positive comment I've ever had about m8.fyi - thank you, really! I'm British - "mate" is used often but it doesn't sound as friendly as when Aussies use it!

It's actually not particularly friendly. The old joke is that Aussies call people they don't know mates, and people they do know cunts.

Re: Strange domain names that developers bought

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Post by jffry »

Back when I was in college in the mid 2000s, some people found a key in the grass outside one of the dorms. They set up a website with a photo of the key and sent the link to the general "HelpMe" mailing list.

As a tiny Pandemic project, I bought the domain and resurrected the site (from the Internet Archive's copy) for the nostalgia.

https://wefoundthiskey.com/

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