# Anybody want a gmail account? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 9, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545 "2004-06-09T23:23:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![mrsam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@mrsam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/161 "2004-06-19T11:38:01Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > I have 8 for dopers who haven’t gotten one yet. Please reply specifically to me so I can make sure to send them to people who don’t have them. If you’ve still got one left, my email is kimuchi@dart.net.au ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/162 "2004-06-19T12:15:25Z")
> [@cckerberos](#): > > Like this? I think I would probably need your e-mail address. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/163 "2004-06-19T12:15:53Z")
**alterego** , you rule! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/164 "2004-06-19T12:18:28Z")
I have so far invited everyone who has asked. I have seven left (my math is ok I just got more invites is all 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/165 "2004-06-19T12:34:27Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > I have so far invited everyone who has asked. I have seven left (my math is ok I just got more invites is all 🙂 ) Much appreciated. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![SpasmicChaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SpasmicChaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpasmicChaos)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/166 "2004-06-19T12:50:32Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > I have 8 for dopers who haven’t gotten one yet. Please reply specifically to me so I can make sure to send them to people who don’t have them. Pretty please with sugar on top. My email is in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/167 "2004-06-19T12:56:06Z")
**alterego** , you handsome, brilliant devil, could I have one? Pretty please? With sugar, honey, and icing? My email is [hautdesert@hotmail.com](mailto:hautdesert@hotmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/168 "2004-06-19T12:57:14Z")
Thank you very much, **alterego**. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/169 "2004-06-19T13:04:04Z")
sent sent sent. Some of you will be getting invites, I think they are handing them out 5 at a time now, tho its still random. Based on my experience, of my three accounts the one that I use all the time gets the most invites, probably because of the 100% success rate. So if you guys could come back here and invite at least a couple dopers we can make sure that everyone on the board who wants one gets on. ps **Bren** you really shouldn’t say such things 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/170 "2004-06-19T13:08:44Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > Based on my experience, of my three accounts the one that I use all the time gets the most invites, probably because of the 100% success rate. They say in one of their “terms of services” pages or somesuch, that you aren’t supposed to create more than one account per user. Do you think they’ll enforce it, or relax it a bit when it goes out of Beta? I’d like to have one for real-world contacts too (using my real name), but as of now, it’s technically against the rules. ---
**Author:** ![mrsam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@mrsam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/171 "2004-06-19T13:09:38Z")
Thanks a bunch, **alterego**! ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/172 "2004-06-19T13:10:49Z")
> [@Garfield226](#): > > They say in one of their “terms of services” pages or somesuch, that you aren’t supposed to create more than one account per user. Do you think they’ll enforce it, or relax it a bit when it goes out of Beta? I’d like to have one for real-world contacts too (using my real name), but as of now, it’s technically against the rules. I didn’t know that. I don’t really feel bad though. I only stuffed one of them full of e-mail 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SpasmicChaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SpasmicChaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpasmicChaos)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/173 "2004-06-19T13:13:31Z")
Thanks **alterego**. If I get any invites, dopers in need will have first crack at them. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/174 "2004-06-19T13:15:00Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > I didn’t know that. I don’t really feel bad though. I only stuffed one of them full of e-mail 🙂 Heh. I wouldn’t feel bad either. I had just been planning to get one for my real name and one for my screenname (using one of the invites to my first account for the second…), and so I looked it up. I’m sure other people have done the same. ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/175 "2004-06-19T13:44:23Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > ps **Bren** you really shouldn’t say such things 🙂 Oh, anything to get my gma…I mean, I can’t help myself around you, tiger! I got it! It’s all bright and shiny and beautiful! If I get any invites I’ll be handing them out to dopers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/176 "2004-06-19T14:05:48Z")
OH my god. I just did the dumbest thing ever. So I was registering for my gmail account, via the invite that **alterego** was nice enough to give me, right? I poked around with the available names, finally decided I’d just go with **elfbabe** and stick with my school email as the vaguely more professional one for a while. So I entered that, put in my usual password, then thought, “Oh wait! I should see if the name my boyfriend usually uses online is still available!” I typed it into the little box, then… well, I thought I clicked the test button. But… it turns out I hit enter. I just signed up for a gmail account with my boyfriend’s username. ARRRRGH! :smack: :smack: I hope he likes presents. And I hope he gets some invitations soon so I can make MY account. This is absolutely hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/177 "2004-06-19T14:12:04Z")
> [@elfbabe](#): > > I just signed up for a gmail account with my boyfriend’s username. > > ARRRRGH! :smack: :smack: > > **I hope he likes presents.** > > . . . > > This is absolutely hilarious. (bolding mine) You’re not going to believe this, but the ad that came up on gmail for your reply notification was for… wait for it… [www.surpriseyourwoman.com](http://www.surpriseyourwoman.com) ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/178 "2004-06-19T14:26:35Z")
Harharhar. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/179 "2004-06-19T15:01:21Z")
I have two more invites I could send out. abby dot sthrnaccent at gmail dot com ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545/180 "2004-06-19T15:01:41Z")
> [@Garfield226](#): > > (bolding mine) > > You’re not going to believe this, but the ad that came up on gmail for your reply notification was for… > > wait for it… > > [www.surpriseyourwoman.com](http://www.surpriseyourwoman.com) I wonder if that means Google even uses your user name for targetting advertisements. Were there any for santa clause? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-a-gmail-account/249545.md?page=10)