Melon Post

Consumer and social

postcard sending chatbot

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Melon Post

[BETA] Chatbot for sending physical poscards from whatsapp

melonpost.com

#postcard#whatsapp chatbot#physical mail#dialogflow

8points
7comments
#1,949of 2,195 in 2019
Top 89%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Execution: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Smart and well executed

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • Postcards may not suit a chatbot; a form would be faster

    From 1 comment
    • I love chatbots, but I'm not sure creating a postcard is the correct application. There's so many question to answer. If this was a form there would be only 3 fields and could be…
      martinni on HN

Requests

  • Handle user error and repeated replies gracefully

    From 1 comment
    • I'm interested to know how you are going to handle user error. If u expect 1 reply but the user send 2 reply will it repeat the same error message twice?
      valehelle on HN

Questions

  • How address parsing and user error handling work

    From 2 comments
    • I'm interested to know how you are going to handle user error. If u expect 1 reply but the user send 2 reply will it repeat the same error message twice?
      valehelle on HN
    • Author here! One of my side projects nearing completion. Terms/Privacy statements are underway so please bear with me for now. Looking for some advice on getting the dialog as…
      theveloped on HN

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