A lot of people around me are genuinely confused when your email is not firstname.lastname@gmail.com, as they mostly just use it for confirming logins. That’s how bad the situation is.
I recently started using a + in my email address to make use-specific aliases, so I can more easily filter content from them or see if they’re leaking my email.
I signed up for a rewards program in person the other day and the strange look I got:
A lot of people around me are genuinely confused when your email is not
firstname.lastname@gmail.com, as they mostly just use it for confirming logins. That’s how bad the situation is.Having an untraditional gTLD like
.xyzmakes many confused as well, especially those not in IT.I recently started using a
+in my email address to make use-specific aliases, so I can more easily filter content from them or see if they’re leaking my email.I signed up for a rewards program in person the other day and the strange look I got:
Like “you don’t have an account but you have an email specifically for our business? Sus AF”
Damn I’m over here with like 4 emails
Personal / gaming, the professional one with my name, my collage one, and the new one I made to make it harder to dox me