How old were you?
What platform was it?
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How/why did you get on email in the first place?
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Inspired by this tweet....
Does your own domain name count?
I don't share the sentiment, but based on the above logic... Absolutely.
TBH I think there's an certain creepiness in general society associated with understanding and using tech. It's not a good thing, but I think it's a thing.
My
@msn.com(my first) is still alive. Although I also link Microsoft account to GMail.My current email is same as my first, but
@gmail.com.I also have
@ymail.com, but it is practically dead.I am 29. First email was probably 7-8.
I guess being over thirty means that having a non-Gmail primary email address doesn't automatically make me a serial killer. Hell, my email address is rolling up on being 30yo (seriously: I registered my domain back on September 27th,1995).
The only reason I'm able to have such an old email address and not have an inbox uselessly-full of spam is that my anti-spam setup is far more aggressive than Google's.
AOL! I was something like 13 or so. I don't remember the whole thing, but it started with aschlesinger. I got into email because why not, it came on a CD!
Then I discovered AIM and it didn't matter anymore. Then Hotmail, then Gmail. I'm using Fastmail now, but I admire Gmail a lot. It seems like the platform has been 5+ years ahead on features and just raw technology (speed etc...)
Outlook might be catching up these days on some of the AI stuff though
My first email address was @yahoo.com, made during 6th grade computer class in 2001 so I could log into Neopets, and based on a Pokemon. I won't share it here just because I still use the same username, albeit @gmail.com since high school
pinkriotgrrl@hotmail.com 🤘💞 I had it from age 7 to likeee 16 and tbh I still kind of miss it.
Hell yes
I think my first email was actually associated with my first website, a .tk domain.
Then I got hotmail, then moved to yahoo.ca, then used my university email for a while (mta.ca) then actually got gmail so I could use Google+, and that’s been my personal address ever since.
I had so many .tk domains.
😄
If your first email address is on your domain, you are an alien.
I was a young teenager. I think I used Juno, like the rest of my family, but I can't remember the address.
It was AIM after that, back when IM was becoming cool.
Yes Juno! You had to run separate software outside a browser. I got the program on a 3.5 floppy from a friend.
And back then we had to connect to dial-up to send and receive, so it wasn't "always on".
You're not going to believe this, but I'm now getting spammed by a Juno email address at my work email... 😆
I had just played Mortal Kombat 2 or 3 for the first time. So "Sektor" with some random numbers after it - since it was taken, @ aol.com
rbgab@.com = Red Green Blue Andrew Brown
I'm 38 yo, my first email was
@hotmail, my wife was my girlfriend at that time created the account for me when I started computer science because I didn't know how to do it (I've never touched a computer before)My first email was greenflippinroxmysox@yahoo.com. I really loved the color green and knee high socks. 😂 I created it for high school assignments (I think).
I was pianokeygirl@aol.com when I was 7 or 8 years old. It’s the login for my old Neopets account and I’m so sad that I’m locked out of that account forever now. I got email because my mom was Very Online in the 90s and thought it was a good idea.
My mom is still Very Online, come to think of it.
Hahhaa funny thing I just turned 30 today and my first email was yahoo. I think I was using it for Neopets as well when I was like 7 or 8 years old.
My first email address was @gmail.com back when I was around 9 or 10. It also was the email I used for my first ever YT channel. My current email is @kaix.live with Zoho Mail, something I started using a year ago using my old domains my favorite of which was @nettly.me and @novuspax.net (I don't use either of them, and I think I even sold Novuspax.net). I never used Yahoo, and had one @aol.com email back when I was 13 for Tumblr.
When I was 12, I created an email called alilikesminecraft@live.com. Why did I come up with that name? Because I was creating Minecraft videos and publishing them on YouTube. 🤣