# Anyone not want a gmail account? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-not-want-a-gmail-account/262886 "2004-09-03T01:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-not-want-a-gmail-account/262886/21 "2004-09-06T01:50:38Z")
The major reason for joining now is that if it turns out to be wildly successful, there’s a better chance you will get your favorite email address. If that’s not important to you, don’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-not-want-a-gmail-account/262886/22 "2004-09-06T10:39:42Z")
I don’t see the point in getting an G-mail account. I have too many e-mail addresses as it is! My brother called me over to show off his new G-mail account, and when I said I didn’t want one he actually looked shocked. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-not-want-a-gmail-account/262886/23 "2004-09-06T10:44:35Z")
Unless Hotmail bites the bullet, I don’t want or need gmail. I don’t even keep up with my second e-mail account (a school account I’ve only bothered with because I have to). I don’t get or send a lot of e-mail, so I don’t need the extra space. Or likely any of the other features **TUU** was going on about. **TheLoadedDog** I have to ask, how low does it have to be to be geekily cool? Just wondering where my geeky-cool level would be could I get my number back. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-not-want-a-gmail-account/262886/24 "2004-09-06T11:39:09Z")
sign me up kmarkstevens \_ [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com) got me a hotmail, yahoo with the same name that I’ve used for a long time…gmail would be just another [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-not-want-a-gmail-account/262886.md?page=1)