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Is @gmail.com somehow more distinguished?

by samfoo 16y ago

obilgic 16y ago
If you use @facebook.com You basically share your profile(at least profile picture)
- samfoo 16y ago
  At the risk of sounding flippant: So? Isn't your public facing Facebook profile picture easily discoverable anyway? If you're submitting, for example, a college application, they already have way more information on you anyway. The same goes for a job application.
gsivil 16y ago
I think so. It seems more neutral at least. I like facebook for whatever it is but not for professional use.
- moshezadka 16y ago
  What do you mean "not for professional use"? For most professional use, meaning "work", I use work's e-mail system (usually based on Exchange, but I guess that depends on where you work). If I apply to companies, do you think they really care what your address is? I do some of the interviewing duties at work, and I can tell you my eyes pretty much skip over the e-mail part of the resume. HR needs it to e-mail them "your interview is on the 10/10 at 10:10am", but I doubt the HR person really cares about the address beyond copy'n'pasting it. (Mind you, if I got work e-mail from a personal address, I would regard this as unprofessional behavior, but it doesn't matter if it's @gmail.com or @faceboook.com)
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ArcticCelt 16y ago
To me yes. In a professional image scale I would definitively rank facebook.com less professional than gmail.com but maybe slightly better than WorlOfWarcraft.com
- raganwald 16y ago
  Is this the 2010 equivalent of wearing a jacket and tie? It seems we worked to escape the idea that conformity to arbitrary behaviours was more important than merit, only to replace them with a fresh set of meaningless distinctions.
  - jeangenie 16y ago
    yes and we'll now be the generation who cannot seem to reconcile themselves with the newer and supposedly more meaningless distinctions until the next ones come along.
sliverstorm 16y ago
@gmail.com is no @jdoe.net, but imho it's probably one of the most respectable free email domains.
- Estragon 16y ago
  What is @jdoe.net a reference to?
  - JeffL 16y ago
    John Doe
- pca 16y ago
  Hi, one quick question: If you use @jdoe.net because it looks more professional, what would you use for the local part of the address? Does e.g. contact@jdoe.net look better than jdoe@gmail.com? I'm thinking when used for job applications and such.
  - ben1040 16y ago
    john@jdoe.net is what I'd use, or if you have an uncommon last name like me and it's available as a domain name, john@doe.net and a blog at john.doe.net.
chrisaycock 16y ago
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address

Is @gmail.com somehow more distinguished?

by samfoo 16y ago

Is @gmail.com somehow more distinguished?

obilgic 16y ago

If you use @facebook.com You basically share your profile(at least profile picture)

samfoo 16y ago
At the risk of sounding flippant: So? Isn't your public facing Facebook profile picture easily discoverable anyway? If you're submitting, for example, a college application, they already have way more information on you anyway. The same goes for a job application.

gsivil 16y ago

I think so. It seems more neutral at least. I like facebook for whatever it is but not for professional use.

moshezadka 16y ago
What do you mean "not for professional use"? For most professional use, meaning "work", I use work's e-mail system (usually based on Exchange, but I guess that depends on where you work). If I apply to companies, do you think they really care what your address is? I do some of the interviewing duties at work, and I can tell you my eyes pretty much skip over the e-mail part of the resume. HR needs it to e-mail them "your interview is on the 10/10 at 10:10am", but I doubt the HR person really cares about the address beyond copy'n'pasting it. (Mind you, if I got work e-mail from a personal address, I would regard this as unprofessional behavior, but it doesn't matter if it's @gmail.com or @faceboook.com)

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ArcticCelt 16y ago

To me yes. In a professional image scale I would definitively rank facebook.com less professional than gmail.com but maybe slightly better than WorlOfWarcraft.com

raganwald 16y ago
Is this the 2010 equivalent of wearing a jacket and tie? It seems we worked to escape the idea that conformity to arbitrary behaviours was more important than merit, only to replace them with a fresh set of meaningless distinctions.
- jeangenie 16y ago
  yes and we'll now be the generation who cannot seem to reconcile themselves with the newer and supposedly more meaningless distinctions until the next ones come along.

sliverstorm 16y ago

@gmail.com is no @jdoe.net, but imho it's probably one of the most respectable free email domains.

Estragon 16y ago
What is @jdoe.net a reference to?
- JeffL 16y ago
  John Doe
pca 16y ago
Hi, one quick question: If you use @jdoe.net because it looks more professional, what would you use for the local part of the address? Does e.g. contact@jdoe.net look better than jdoe@gmail.com? I'm thinking when used for job applications and such.
- ben1040 16y ago
  john@jdoe.net is what I'd use, or if you have an uncommon last name like me and it's available as a domain name, john@doe.net and a blog at john.doe.net.

chrisaycock 16y ago

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email_address