Andkon is the shining bacon of the 21st century, single-handedly leading humanity out of the uncertain present. Apart from managing the world's best arcade, he writes daily to cultivate the ignorant masses 
Gmail is GayMail
Aug 28, 2004 @ 14:04
Google's nifty new web-based email service has certainly been the talk of town for quite some time. Offering an entire gigabyte of storage, everyone and their smelly grandmothers has been jacking off about the wonder that is Gmail. While this service is free, it employs targeted advertisements based on the emails you receive. If you get an email from grandma about grandpa's problematic erection, you might get an ad for Viagra or "bicycle" pumps.
Google uses atrocious supply/demand marketing, as Gmail to this date isn't a service you can sign-up for. Comparable to the gayass Furbys that sold for hundreds of dollars at one time, Google trumps up the demand for Gmail yet it only lets a few people have accounts. On blogs of famous online people, every once in a while, you see them pass out "invitations," that is new Gmail accounts to their readers. Funny, since they don't know that they are unknowingly falling prey to Google's hideous marketing efforts. So if you've passed out invitations, pat yourself on the back! You're working as a marketing volunteer for a company that's valued at a few billion dollars. Congrats, really. In fact, it's a policy as of today of Andkon.com to delete any incoming email from any @gmail.com address.
Now, is Andkon mad because he doesn't have andkon@gmail.com and is stuck with a shitty Hotmail account? Of course not! You see, having a website, I too have web-based email, and in fact, with my very own domain, andkon.com. What's more is that I can choose whatever name I want. If I want to feel special, I'll use PrettyPrincess123@andkon.com and so forth. It's just that only the cool kids get to send email to @andkon.com. And how much storage do I have? Well, really, as much as I want!
So in conclusion, Gmailers can suck me because:
- They are retarded pawns of a multi-billion dollar empire (haven't used that phrase in a while).
- I have something better than Gmail, my own domain with whatever name I want.
- Gmail is strictly web-based, so emails could never be read in email clients.
Check out the Google comic strip drawn with every 5-year-olds favorite program, Paint.
J Mac on Aug 29, 2004 @ 11:31 wrote
Also, back when you used Opera, you clubbed a Mozilla-using friend over the head with the fact that Opera was free. (He claimed that it wasn't free because the free version showed ads and was therefore "Adware" as opposed to "Freeware") I've never used Opera, but I'm willing to bet that the ads in Opera were graphical ads, which suck up a lot more bandwidth than text ads. Gmail doesn't use graphical ads on its site at all, as virtually all other web-based email sites (and for that matter, virtually all sites period) do.
I've read this site for over a year, and agreed with you on most of the things you say. But on this, I think you're wrong.
andkon on Aug 29, 2004 @ 13:23 wrote
I *block* all ads (popup or image) in Hotmail.
I didn't pay for Opera yet didn't get any ads. I wonder how...
J Mac on Aug 29, 2004 @ 15:02 wrote
Do you block the little ad that Hotmail adds to the end of your e-mail?
andkon on Aug 29, 2004 @ 15:02 wrote
OO on Aug 30, 2004 @ 15:22 wrote
Get your facts right, craphead. Can you spell BETA? You ever been on a server station to understand that you don't magically get servers to give 1GB to 1000's of folks?
And just because they didn't invite ya.. and because you are stuck with @hotmail.com.. you gotta be gay..
andkon on Aug 30, 2004 @ 15:37 wrote
Which is more likely: Google needs to build publicity for its new service OR Google needs volunteers, just at a rate that is coincidentally *always* below the demand.
You see, if they wanted volunteers, they'd say "anyone who wants to volunteer, sign up."
Keep reading this site, you might be as smart as some of us one day.
dlomyhero on Aug 31, 2004 @ 07:45 wrote
:(
andkon on Aug 31, 2004 @ 13:36 wrote
Andrew on Oct 26, 2004 @ 07:02 wrote
text ads, do think the marketing invitation idea is a little silly, and I do like
the general threading of conversations and some of the features they have. But to
me the big warning sign is the little hints that they are going to charge soon for
services like email forwarding and (if they ever get it) POP access. They say for
extra things "It's free during the test" to get you hooked on stuff like a drug
dealer, so that's something to watch for if you do make the Gmail plunge. I, like
you, am going to stick to my domain. I get my GB of space and 50 GB of bandwidth
for ~$5/month and that is more than worth it :)
andkon on Oct 27, 2004 @ 15:52 wrote
anon on Nov 17, 2004 @ 14:10 wrote
andkonbasher on Nov 17, 2004 @ 16:45 wrote
Mindtriggerz on Nov 17, 2004 @ 19:35 wrote
Welcome to life. People in real life do this too.
Fiona on Apr 17, 2007 @ 23:38 wrote