> If there were friends, he'd not need to be reminded of contacting them. That sounds rather strong. It's not unusual to keep a Christmas card list, which is p

> If there were friends, he'd not need to be reminded of contacting them. That sounds rather strong. It's not unusual to keep a Christmas card list, which is pretty much the same idea. Personally I don't see a problem unless it's automatically sending messages giving the impression they're not automated. The blog post makes it clear that all the messages he sends are written by him, the system only prompts him to write+send them. I don't see an issue in using a system to send reminders. Incidentally this topic has been discussed before in a thread 7 months back. [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27643328 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27643328