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?

  • @xantoxis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    Personally I try not to attach my real name or picture to anything that isn’t related to a job interview or my current employment. I’m planning to buy my realname domain, because I know it’s free and it probably always will be. The only thing that I’ll use it for is professional email, as I slowly phase out google.

    I have a handful of other domains for fun stuff, which reveal nothing about me.