IMPORTANT: Where to Find Ask Polly!
Go to askpolly.substack.com.
Dear Ask Polly Readers,
CALAMITY!!!
Please bookmark askpolly.substack.com right now.
My domain name ask-polly.com appears to have been hacked in spite of the fact that it’s been registered with Bluehost for years, and isn’t set to expire until 2030. Suddenly my domain is pointing to another IP in spite of the fact that no settings have been changed and I still own the domain, according to Bluehost.
Here’s what’s confusing, upsetting, infuriating: My domain points to another Polly-related business.
BLUEHOST is pointing to this business, in spite of my dashboard still showing that I own the domain name. (Is Bluehost the worst? Yes. Do I want to set all custom domains on fire and move on without them? Also yes.)
The big problem is, if you want to Google an article you remember, you will get this Polly woman’s site some of the time, and you’ll get my archive some of the time. This will make it very difficult for people to find my work.
To be clear, YOU WILL STILL RECEIVE COLUMNS THROUGH EMAIL NO MATTER WHAT. I was working on a new column this morning and had to abandon it to investigate this problem, but expect two new columns next week. Stay tuned, because one of them is pretty unforgettable!
The bottom line is: Please use askpolly.substack.com from now on and search for articles there. And feel free to write to me at askpolly@protonmail.com at any time to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, and of course, to send me advice letters.
Thank you for your patience!
Polly
It wouldn't be entirely inaccurate to say that you are in fact radically changing healthcare. I prefer to follow you here anyway. Anyway. Bummer. So sorry are having to deal with this bizarro nightmare of an event.
Was very happy to get this message, as I spent a very confusing half hour yesterday trying to open a column from November in Chrome to read on the treadmill, and Chrome kept giving me a 404 message even though I could see the entire column right there in Gmail (I prefer reading them in Chrome because Gmail renders them in a way that squishes them and requires a LOT more scrolling). Mystery solved; old columns I've been saving for workouts can be read again.