AAAAAAAA​A​AAA​AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA​AAAAAAAAA​AAAAA​AAA​AAAAA

March 28, 2019 7:00 AM

are your links too short? not enough 'a's? the solution to your problem is here.

shoutout to the world's longest email address [via hn 🤷🏻‍♀️]

posted by polyhedron (35 comments total)

haaaaaa haaaaaaaa this is fun
posted by sixswitch at 7:07 AM on March 28, 2019 [1 favorite]

Well, unless I'm doing something wrong, the URLs it generates just link back to itself.
posted by Naberius at 7:12 AM on March 28, 2019 [1 favorite]

Has anyone gotten it to work on Firefox? It does nothing for me.
posted by suetanvil at 7:13 AM on March 28, 2019

Has anyone gotten it to work on Firefox? It does nothing for me.

AAAAAAAAAAAA​AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA​AAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
posted by Fizz at 7:13 AM on March 28, 2019

Reminded me of this old Mcsweeney list.
posted by klausman at 7:17 AM on March 28, 2019 [11 favorites]

There's one obvious use for this, and I'm going to claim it
posted by Merus at 7:23 AM on March 28, 2019

Yeah, funny idea, but it seems to be broken.
posted by roll truck roll at 7:25 AM on March 28, 2019

...yes, it seems like it will generate a link but following the link doesn't appear to do anything.

Anyway, my link should have gone to here.
posted by Merus at 7:30 AM on March 28, 2019 [5 favorites]

They really didn't put much effort into that alphabetic domain name, but it probably doesn't matter. From personal experience I can say that Apple wouldn't let me add my own maximum length (but RFC compliant) email address at my absurdly long domain to iMessage. The system tried, but it failed. (I mostly use that domain to test my own stuff, not third party stuff, but it's worth the minimal cost of domain renewal to keep it going).
posted by fedward at 7:35 AM on March 28, 2019 [2 favorites]

So it creates a URL in Rausle? Neat.

Also, this.
posted by charred husk at 7:43 AM on March 28, 2019

A+ job, buddy.
posted by peeedro at 7:50 AM on March 28, 2019 [2 favorites]

AH, an AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, ah ha.
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:56 AM on March 28, 2019

Wooooooorking for me, buuuuuuuut was returning aaaaaaaaaaaa "please enter a valid URL" thing until I puuuuuut in the http:// stuffffffffffffff.
posted by stinkfoot at 7:56 AM on March 28, 2019

Oh, I'm getting flashbacks to hugeurl.com. Has it really been 15 years since URL shortening was all the rage?
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:01 AM on March 28, 2019 [2 favorites]

Brought to you by Fonzi?
posted by armoir from antproof case at 8:02 AM on March 28, 2019 [3 favorites]

It's with great sadness that I must report that http://www.www.extra-www.org/ has been down for a few years. This would have been a nice touch imo, but alas! (here it is on wayback btw). https://www.yes-www.org/ is still going strong, but I feel that they don't go far enough, and http://www.www.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com has a nicer ring to it.
posted by SaltySalticid at 8:18 AM on March 28, 2019 [1 favorite]

I generated a link using Firefox on Mac, and it seemed to work fine:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com/#aAaaAaAAaaAaAaaAAaAAAAaaaAAaAAaaaAaAaaaa.
(You can trust me, no really, it's fine...)
posted by RedOrGreen at 8:47 AM on March 28, 2019

Works for me!
posted by beandip at 8:50 AM on March 28, 2019

You can do anything you want at

http://aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com/#AaAAaaaAAAaaAaaaAaaAAAAAAaAaaaAAaAaAAaAA - the only limit is yourself.
posted by tallmiddleagedgeek at 8:53 AM on March 28, 2019 [1 favorite]

Works for me, chrome on a PC. Put in a random NYTimes article link and it generated an aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com/#AaA etc. link that went to the same article.
posted by allkindsoftime at 8:59 AM on March 28, 2019

Also, this is my kind of humor.
posted by allkindsoftime at 8:59 AM on March 28, 2019 [1 favorite]

The Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooode.
posted by sammyo at 9:06 AM on March 28, 2019

Works with tinyurl.com links too. eheh
posted by humboldt32 at 9:51 AM on March 28, 2019

Does what it says on the jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaaAAaaaaar
posted by inflatablekiwi at 10:04 AM on March 28, 2019 [1 favorite]

Pretty sure that's a caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaaaaaaaaaAAaaan.
posted by The Bellman at 10:40 AM on March 28, 2019

Can't get it to work in either Vivaldi or Firefox. AAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
[ insert screaming emoji here ]
posted by farlukar at 12:02 PM on March 28, 2019

Another excellent link lengthener:
http://spaaaccccce.com/
posted by zekesonxx at 12:29 PM on March 28, 2019 [1 favorite]

Why no EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE? That's a much better scream.
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:21 PM on March 28, 2019

And FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF is a totally other message.
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:22 PM on March 28, 2019

Works very nicely in Opera. I can see so may wonderful uses for this.
posted by ErisLordFreedom at 5:33 PM on March 28, 2019

Serioiusly, how did this not happen until I got here? --> http://aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.com/#aaAaAAaaaaaAAAaAAaaAaaAaaaaAAAaAaAAaAAAA
posted by Citrus at 6:00 PM on March 28, 2019 [1 favorite]

Reminds me of DickensURL (no link, seems to be dead) from 10-ish years back. But with more #AaAaAaAAaaAAaaaaaAAaaaaaaAaaaAAaAAAaAAaa.
posted by flyingfox at 6:15 PM on March 28, 2019

aaaaa! thank you for participating in my first fpp 😊
posted by polyhedron at 8:28 PM on March 28, 2019 [1 favorite]

This site is just trying to get the first listing in the "Internet" section of the yellow pages.
posted by Johnny Assay at 4:08 AM on March 29, 2019 [2 favorites]

I got all excited when I discovered yesterday that .ooo domains are current $1.50 but didn't bother when I discovered that was for the first year only and renewals are likely to be $25-ish/year. So no whoooooo.ooo/#OO0oo0O00ooOo0OO0Oo00oOoo0O0OoOO0o0ooooOooooO0o0oo0O for you.
posted by suetanvil at 8:04 AM on March 29, 2019