Literally everyone who uses email knows that not every email address ends in the same way and that people use different websites and tools to access their emails.
Nah this xkcd really doesnt apply here. If you can can see and have at least the intelligence of a 6 year old then you can see that something is different about email compared to whatsapp or signal. With even the most basic pattern recognition skills you will find that everyone you know uses different apps, sites and addresses. Compare this to normal messengers where literally everyone will have the exact same app, interface and way to contact people.
Maybe. I have no 6-year-olds around to ask. I have noticed that people often have misconceptions that I can’t even fathom because I have grown up in a completely different tech environment. For me, it has not worked to make assumptions.
Yes, but how many people know how email works? More to the point, how many people, who aren’t looking for the answer on GitHub, know?
Literally everyone who uses email knows that not every email address ends in the same way and that people use different websites and tools to access their emails.
The average person probably only knows the functioning of the DNS and one or two email apps. And quartz, of course.
Nah this xkcd really doesnt apply here. If you can can see and have at least the intelligence of a 6 year old then you can see that something is different about email compared to whatsapp or signal. With even the most basic pattern recognition skills you will find that everyone you know uses different apps, sites and addresses. Compare this to normal messengers where literally everyone will have the exact same app, interface and way to contact people.
I must be jaded from working with the public because having the ability to see and understanding email basics in my eyes has a huge gap inbetween
Maybe. I have no 6-year-olds around to ask. I have noticed that people often have misconceptions that I can’t even fathom because I have grown up in a completely different tech environment. For me, it has not worked to make assumptions.