So I got hold of a domain that shows my exact full name. I thought it would be useful for showing up as “professional” when working in IT and sending resumes.

I got some mail forwarded using the domain registrar. I also made a small static website, which only has hello world for now but soon will get the contents filled up.

But then… what? I suppose I can host anything I want, but then there’s the whole “real name - gotta look professional” aspect that makes me weary of hosting a Lemmy instance, for example, when the domain without my name attached wouldn’t.

I suppose having personal domains were cool in the 90s where people were barely learning about “the internets”. Not so anymore?

Is there a usefulness in having a domain name with your real name attached on this age?

  • HairHeel@programming.devEnglish
    19·
    1 year ago

    I use a “real name” domain. My last name ends in the letters “in”, so I bought a .in domain, such that the domain name is my last name with a dot in it.

    Can’t honestly recommend that approach. It’s a cute gimmick, but when non-technical people ask for your email address and it doesn’t end in a TLD they recognize, their heads explode. I usually give out my gmail address.

    • amelore@slrpnk.netEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      There are multiple of us! I did the exact same thing, except for using my own name. Mine ends in .re of Réunion. I think it’s fun so I’m keeping it.

      For sharing it offline I have a big text widget on my phone. They usually get it if they can read it, but not if I spell it out.

      • KichaeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I have [email protected], and my community rec organization couldn’t even accept it because their system had a hard coded lost of TLDs it would recognize for email addresses.