paying for a domain name to have a vanity handle is like buying a blue check for status - ThreadSky

we should be treating the people paying for a custom domain the way 4chan people treat people with tripcodes.

I mean I think for a lot of people it's a domain they already have and I'm not going to research somebody's domain before I call them slurs

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proto.cool•59 days ago

I already wasted the money on this domain before I even knew about bluesky

that doesn't mean I'm not a dipshit though

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segajennesiss.bsky.social•59 days ago

yeah most people who have a domain on here already had the domain or have it for several reasons unrelated to bluesky

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ass.business•59 days ago

yeah i got https://ass.city too and lord knows how many other dumbass domains

got a dmca takedown for https://shrek.horse once

i am not a smart man

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assf.art•59 days ago

hi fellow ass man

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copiedcopies.guillotineworks.com•59 days ago

rude, i already had the domain

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radspeon.neocities.org•59 days ago

i didnt pay for mine do i get a pass

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radspeon.neocities.org•59 days ago

i honestly just wanted to have "computer" in my username because my favorite thing besides hamburgers is the computer

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thedanklark.bsky.social•59 days ago

“I like hamburgers and the computer” is a good one to have in your pocket for team icebreaker exercises.

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radspeon.neocities.org•59 days ago

if i'm ever in a team icebreaker i'll probably just dig a massive hole in the ground and bury myself alive so i don't have to participate

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thedanklark.bsky.social•59 days ago

I just make shit up, I once had a dozen people almost convinced I was almost Jason Newstead’s replacement in Metallica.

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jtp.bsky.social•59 days ago

i love making shit up for these

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jtp.bsky.social•59 days ago

this is why we never got episode 3

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jtp.bsky.social•59 days ago

okay i take it back you are on my side now cuz those are also my favorite 2 things

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radspeon.neocities.org•59 days ago

thank you ms tightpants. you wont regret allying with me

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akifirebird.bsky.social•59 days ago

Aki is also one of your fav things :3

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shuchancellor.online•59 days ago

Yeah I have this question too

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jtp.bsky.social•59 days ago

no cuz i am trying to cause strife and discord over arbitrary shit for fun

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radspeon.neocities.org•59 days ago

i can respect that, honestly

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shuchancellor.online•59 days ago

This is very Lu Bu coded and I respect that

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akifirebird.bsky.social•59 days ago

Classic jenny

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neutralcat.bsky.social•59 days ago

Yeah, but you can't host an apache server on a blue check. It's very funny for sending obnoxiously large files over Discord

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faeriesheep.bsky.social•59 days ago

It makes sense if you already have a domain from before (aka game dev accounts etc) but every time I see the whole "host your own data and use your domain as a handle" it feels to me like buzzwords to pretend this isn't Twitter 2 and instead Mastodon 2

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faeriesheep.bsky.social•59 days ago

Also I wonder if there's some requirement that if you get a domain name you gotta be a douchebag because in what universe is this funny?

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xdresstera.bsky.social•59 days ago

Even worse that it's an incel "nice guy" meme originally so I don't know what that's trying to accomplish beside outing themselves as someone that would gatekeep "real trans" people

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zoemaestra.imzoe.me•59 days ago

does your head make a rattling sound when you shake it?

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faeriesheep.bsky.social•59 days ago

Congratulations on proving my point.

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zoemaestra.imzoe.me•59 days ago

no actually i think it's kinda insane to try and say that I "gatekeep real trans people" because of a meme I made where the joke is that the british accent is just for show. i think i have the right to call someone dumb if they say that shit about me.

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lascola.bsky.social•59 days ago

yeah. get their asses jenny tightpants

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momark.me•59 days ago

lotta strays being caught here 😢

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semic.bsky.social•59 days ago

I’m not gonna ever pay for something on social media

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everacite.bsky.social•58 days ago

I don’t need people here being able to locate my personal site without specifically requesting it in my DMs, it’s pretty crazy to use a domain here unless you’re a very public person

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drteethdog.bsky.social•59 days ago

Like go ahead and pay for that if you want but I refuse to pay anything just to have a more unique handle

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flanneljetpack.com•59 days ago

What if I already had my domain name before i joined Bluesky

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vanoreo.bsky.social•59 days ago

im simply too lazy

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realtime.crt.video•59 days ago

you're not wrong but i already had the domain name

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thragsnaka.org•59 days ago

every day i get bullied like this

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esthiru.bsky.social•59 days ago

If you forced me to choose between paying for my @ or getting shot in the dick, I'd take the gun from your hands and empty the whole goddamn magazine on myself.

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chowdzz.tgirl.gay•59 days ago

domaincels seething at the aura of handlechads

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mullhund.bsky.social•59 days ago

this thing smacks of neopets

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diahane.bsky.social•59 days ago

Real ones register a domain name to self host and peruse the web from the terminal anyway

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doewnskitty.bsky.social•59 days ago

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debbshock.com•59 days ago

what if it only costs $1 a yr and you want to have backup for when bsky gets bought by a billionaire fuckwad

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crankgrimes.bsky.social•57 days ago

where are you getting dollar dotcom domains

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hobointhecorner.gay•59 days ago

i'm just happy i finally found a use for my .gay TLD

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jimblesnarks.bsky.social•59 days ago

You can pay to have a custom name? When did this happen?

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zoemaestra.imzoe.me•59 days ago

its been a thing since like day 1

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jtp.bsky.social•59 days ago

1985

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toatrika.bsky.social•59 days ago

this is literally 1985

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minotaursauce.bsky.social•59 days ago

I mean at least a domain can actually serve as a form of verification, unlike the tick which is just having a lollipop that says SUCKER on it for a head

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