Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses

Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by pwinnski on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:46PM (#24307789)

I am 'pwinnski' nearly everywhere now, because on April 1, 2005, I was not allowed to create a gmail account of only the first five characters. Goodbye to 15 years of the old 5-character username, and hello to what is now 15 years of the new 8-character username!

At the time, I thought about pestering my Google-employee friends, but decided to just suck it up.

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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by bookofjoe on Sunday August 30, 2020 @05:55PM (#24326251)

Synchronicity: You joined HN June 28, 2016 I joined May 8, 2016

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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by pwinnski on Monday August 31, 2020 @03:55PM (#24335319)

Weird. I wonder if you told me about it back then, or it was a coincidence.

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Re:Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses by bookofjoe on Monday August 31, 2020 @06:09PM (#24336401)

That is such an interesting question; it could be either one IMHO, with equal likelihood

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