A lot of people around me are genuinely confused when your email is not [email protected], 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
[email protected]
, 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:
Like "you don't have an account but you have an email specifically for our business? Sus AF"
Having an untraditional gTLD like
.xyz
makes many confused as well, especially those not in IT.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