Alex Crocker
croc.io
Alex Crocker
@croc.io
Girl dad talking about tech and domains
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Ai when used appropriately is a valuable tool, but when used as a crutch it is a nuisance.
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The replies on here may not be as racist as Twitter, but they damn sure are hateful.
Talk AI: FU, AI sucks go away
Talk Business: Go away
Talk Healthcare: Crickets.

Engagement went from great convos on many topics, to agree with me or you are a nazi fascist

We are forcing posts to X
June 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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It's Okay to Register That Domain Before Building an MVP
www.ihsg.dev/p/register-t...
It's Okay to Register That Domain Before Building an MVP
Because sometimes, the name is the asset.
www.ihsg.dev
May 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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After paying $1.8 million for Max.com, it’s back to HBO Max

Warner Bros. Discovery is ditching the Max name. Warner Bros. Discovery (NYSE: WBD) is changing the name of its Max streaming service. It's changing it to...wait for it...HBO Max. Yep, it's going back to its old name. The streaming…
After paying $1.8 million for Max.com, it’s back to HBO Max
Warner Bros. Discovery is ditching the Max name. Warner Bros. Discovery (NYSE: WBD) is changing the name of its Max streaming service. It's changing it to...wait for it...HBO Max. Yep, it's going back to its old name. The streaming service is popular for its library of HBO hits and more recent content such as The Last of Us and The Pitt.
domainnamewire.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Let's normalize sending emails from OUR laptops open.substack.com/pub/crocbuzz...
Let's normalize sending emails from OUR laptops
Mailchimp is expensive, but there's a much better, more affordable way to send email marketing campaigns.
open.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Neocities. Remember Geocities? Well, Neocities is that again, pretty much. Build your freak-ass website with sparkle text, join Web rings etc. Glorious.
March 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Ai when used appropriately is a valuable tool, but when used as a crutch it is a nuisance.
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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We are a growing community targeted at experienced and wannabe web hosting providers and forum operators.

Join us today!

host-hunters.com
Host Hunters Community
A forum for web hosting professionals and enthusiasts, covering topics such as general hosting, reseller hosting, VPS and dedicated servers, cloud hosting, and domain names.
host-hunters.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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2024 in review: Domain Parking

There are storm clouds in parking, and this could impact the domain industry at large. You might be surprised that I'm discussing domain parking as a big topic in 2024. While I don’t write about parking much these days — given that most domain investors no longer…
2024 in review: Domain Parking
There are storm clouds in parking, and this could impact the domain industry at large. You might be surprised that I'm discussing domain parking as a big topic in 2024. While I don’t write about parking much these days — given that most domain investors no longer make significant money from it — it remains a meaningful part of the domain industry.
domainnamewire.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Testing #SkyBridge to post to BlueSky from the Ivory Mastodon client.
April 26, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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#Hashtags have arrived on Bluesky. Please add the hashtag #hashtag to any of your posts with hashtags to allow other users to easily find them
February 29, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Yes yes yes! DHH summed up my thoughts on the matter perfectly!

world.hey.com/dhh/switchin...
Switching to Android was easy
In addition to trying out Windows for a week, I also switched my main phone number to Android recently. And that turned out to be far easier. Dangerously easy, you might say, if you were in Apple’s sh...
world.hey.com
February 26, 2024 at 3:29 AM
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Taylor Swift casually introducing Paul McCartney to her boyfriend’s dad.
February 12, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Is BlueSky still relevant? Mastodon is my comfort place and I think it's the better platform. ActivityPub is a web standard, ATProtocol is not.
February 9, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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We’re excited to share our first paid service!

We’re partnering with Namecheap to provide easy custom domain management. With this, you can easily set a custom domain as your Bluesky handle and much more.

Simply navigate to https://account.bsky.app to get started.
Purchase and Manage Domains Directly Through Bluesky
We’re excited to announce a new feature that allows users to seamlessly purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky.
blueskyweb.xyz
July 5, 2023 at 9:13 PM
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I talked to Instagram chief Adam Mosseri about Threads, a radical new social network where you can view more than 600 posts per day, totally free of charge https://www.platformer.news/p/meta-unspools-threads
Meta unspools Threads
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri on the company's big new swing at Twitter
www.platformer.news
July 5, 2023 at 11:00 PM
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RIP gfycat

https://gfycat.com/

#Deadpool
July 5, 2023 at 3:22 PM
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To clarify:

1. Ice Cubes isn't the first to support Bluesky accounts via Skybridge
2. This doesn't enable "cross-posting". Instead, Ice Cubes lets you read, post, and reply to Bluesky content in a Mastodon client, as well as view Custom Feeds.

Comparing both clients on macOS desktop:
July 5, 2023 at 6:15 PM
Bluesky sucks compared to Mastodon
May 18, 2023 at 11:49 PM
Aardvark Pediatrician #Midjourney
May 14, 2023 at 11:04 AM
This week Google released 8 new TLDs/extensions for the public to register:

.dad
.phd
.prof
.esq
.foo
.zip
.mov
.nexus

Anyone plan on picking some up if you haven't already? Reply with what you got!
May 12, 2023 at 5:26 PM
Not sure whether to continue using croc.io as my handle or use my other domain 404.page

I love them both haha
May 7, 2023 at 1:54 PM
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Remember, the phones that used to be on planes were subsidized by SkyMall. They really expected people to pay $0.69 (nice!) a call to order weird shit on a plane. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfone
Airfone - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
May 5, 2023 at 3:45 PM
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I'm calling it right now, Bluesky is going to develop a culture where people are flexing domain names.

Like oh shit this mf got a 3 letter site. Or people gonna have the most ridiculous names. Idk it's gonna be wild.

I've never wanted nick.com so bad in my life... fuckin nickelodeon
April 27, 2023 at 12:35 AM
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May 4, 2023 at 8:04 PM