my friday night project
Consumer and social
retaliation postcard service
SHOW HN2012
42points
32comments
#561of 1,677 in 2012
Top 34%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
6 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun and fabulous idea
From 2 comments
I think this is a fabulous idea. Can you do me a favor? Can you make it so that I can enter my name and address and then it will send a postcard to my choice of 'congressional…
ChuckMcM on HNI really like the site - good job! I think the cover page example should be related to a Nigerian bank scam though - everyone recognizes those "A prince passed away, you are 20th…
BlackJack on HN
Good design of the site
From 1 comment
I really like the site - good job! I think the cover page example should be related to a Nigerian bank scam though - everyone recognizes those "A prince passed away, you are 20th…
BlackJack on HN
Objections
Hypocritical, adds more mail
From 1 comment
fire with fire? i like the post card art! two criticisms; the whole idea is a bit hypocritical (sending more spam) and doesn't address the underlying issue of spam mail. Have a…
sniperjoe on HN
Checkout not on HTTPS
From 2 comments
Really nice idea, nice work man. There's just one thing though that worries me unless I misunderstand how it's all setup. But I noticed your popup where you enter credit card…
DigitalSea on HNEven with Stripe, you should use SSL as per their info page: https://stripe.com/help/ssl
melvinram on HN
$2 price feels high
From 2 comments
It felt like a lot to me. $1.90 might be worth testing.
lancewiggs on HNfire with fire? i like the post card art! two criticisms; the whole idea is a bit hypocritical (sending more spam) and doesn't address the underlying issue of spam mail. Have a…
sniperjoe on HN
Requests
Support congressional and senate representatives
From 1 comment
I think this is a fabulous idea. Can you do me a favor? Can you make it so that I can enter my name and address and then it will send a postcard to my choice of 'congressional…
ChuckMcM on HN
Add a do-not-junk-mail option
From 2 comments
fire with fire? i like the post card art! two criticisms; the whole idea is a bit hypocritical (sending more spam) and doesn't address the underlying issue of spam mail. Have a…
sniperjoe on HNI can't see a way for the offending company to fix the problem. A little formality and the recipient email address on the card would add function to fun. Something like "please…
lancewiggs on HN
Questions
Is the process automated?
From 1 comment
Interesting idea. Out of curiosity - are you printing and mailing all these by hand or is there some cunning automation there?
steeleduncan on HN
Are card details safe?
From 1 comment
Really nice idea, nice work man. There's just one thing though that worries me unless I misunderstand how it's all setup. But I noticed your popup where you enter credit card…
DigitalSea on HN
Alternatives named
PaperKarma
From 1 comment
Or you can use https://www.paperkarma.com/ which is less passive-aggressive and more free.
gmisra on HN
dmachoice.org
From 1 comment
How about just registering at dmachoice.org or similar? Would save some energy and recycled paper cycles...
dchichkov on HN