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Does a Lame E-Mail Address Really Matter?

Posted by kdawson on from the america's-oldest-luddites dept.

theodp writes "Over at the Chicago Tribune, freelance writer Nancy Anderson makes an embarrassing confession. It's 2010 and she still has an AOL e-mail address. 'You've got to get rid of that AOL address,' her publicist sister told her five years ago. 'It's bad for your image.' Image, shmimage, Anderson thought. 'If I do good work,' she asks, 'does my e-mail address really matter?' Good question. Would an AOL e-mail address — or another 'toxic' e-mail address — influence your decision to hire someone?"

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  1. The real problem is often what the username is by weave · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What's bad is getting a resume with something embarrassing before that @aol.com bit, like p4rtyg1rl69 or phillygansta92. (Yes, I've seen a few like that).

  2. Re:Actually yes -- in some cases by Pharmboy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My slashdot login has it's own domain, although I am not really doing anything with it. pharmboy.org

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  3. Re:yes by dow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    lolololol at these replies.

  4. Re:yes by Minwee · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Not everybody has 1. the cash for hosting for a site and 2. the time to maintain one.

    And these are not the people I want to hire to maintain my web servers.

  5. Re:yes by Grishnakh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Because there's other things out there that work much BETTER, and are also free: Gmail.

    Also, Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail are likely to be around for a long time. AOL is circling the drain.