E-mail was supposed to be decentralised, but instead, we've hit a point where people just tell me the username part.
"Is there an @ coming?" I ask.
They expect me to fill in "@gmail.com" by default. 😫
@kescher@catcatnya.com @samgai@vocalounge.cafe I once had a dropdown suggest that actually, did i mean .gov instead of .moe
@kescher@catcatnya.com @samgai@vocalounge.cafe Telling someone my email address with a custom domain over the phone is dreadful. Spelling it out one letter at a time is hard.
One time, I had to literally go over to their office and have them a piece of paper with my email address written on it for them to record it in my file.
@samgai ...wha.
Wow. We must hang out around different people.
@samgai We see the same thing with Github too. "user/repo" with...no github.com attached.
@samgai Apparently, some people just assume their name @ gmail . com is their email address. Even when that address belongs to someone else with the same name. I've heard people with common names complain about this ~
unless they don't understand "new" TLDs (i.e. from the last 10 years)
@root @LunaDragofelis Or you inherited an IP address from a spammer.
@samgai It's always hilarious to see when I've already filled in "jeremy [at] kescher dot at" and see a dropdown suggestion "jeremy@gmail.com" like no that's absolutely not my address mate