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ydm··on Hover.com: we store & email passwords in plaintext for usability
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, there will always be a few services that will store passwords in plain text.

Would unique email addresses for each service have helped your situation at all?

For example:

Facebook email: uniqueemail1@gmail.com (forwards to your real email) Facebook password: password1

Hover email: uniqueemail2@gmail.com (forwards to your real email) Hover password: password1

Bank email: uniqueemail3@gmail.com (forwards to your real email) Bank password: password1

If any of those services get hacked (and the passwords are stored in plain text) then there's nothing connecting those accounts to each other since the email addresses are all different.

It's the system I use (along with 3 tiers of passwords not just 'password1' as used in the above example).

ydm··on Why your company should have a single email address
Agreed. It's why we only have one friendly public-facing email address at our company - hi@
ydm··on Thanks HN UpOut v1 | 9 Cities
Yep it's somewhat of a curse for those developing on high resolutions screens - I have a dual 1600x2560 and 1200x1920 setup but keep my trusty 1024x768 X61 around for testing and the occasional couch surfing ;)
ydm··on Thanks HN UpOut v1 | 9 Cities
Great site! Some usability feedback:

When I click 'sign up' it takes me to an 'about page' with the sign up form in the middle below a little explanation of the site.

On my notebook with a resolution of 1024x768 the form is actually below the fold in Chrome (I have a double row task bar).

I'd put the sign up form above the fold as the main focus of that page as that is what users normally expect from clicking on the 'sign up' link.