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Cool idea! It sounds like you're offering it for free, with the option for a donation. How are you going to deal with the influx of what I imagine will be hundr

Cool idea! It sounds like you're offering it for free, with the option for a donation. How are you going to deal with the influx of what I imagine will be hundreds of free requests? Won't that get pretty expensive fast?

MichaelCharles 2y ago
The pessimist in me says this is the regular old "If it's free, then you're the product" situation. This seems like a clever way to collect valid mailing addresses. People are also likely to include personal information in their praise messages, which could be valuable data. Their Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy state they reserve the right to share collected information with service providers, business partners, and affiliates. They can use your data for "other purposes" including "data analysis" and "identifying trends." They can share your information with "business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions."
- frickinLasers 2y ago
  The terms look like boilerplate that only addresses "your" data--not the information you enter about the target. If they end up selling the addresses/names/activities of unwilling participants, their "don't sue us" clause from the video may not hold up in court.* *ianal
- aoanevdus 2y ago
  Aren’t there data dumps freely available online with contact information for pretty much anyone? In that context, why would the data from this small project have any monetary value?
  - cootsnuck 2y ago
    It wouldn't. This site just has a strong bias towards reactionary yum yuckers.
adnanaga 2y ago
OP here - There will be a lot we won’t be able to get to Hahahh but we want to try and send out as many as we can!
- edm0nd 2y ago
  Well that's super lame. A USPS Forever Stamp is $0.73. Unless yall are rolling in VC funds or a lot of extra cash, a few hundred or even thousand orders is going to nuke the entire idea. Are you still going to harvest and use all of the collected data of people who never got anything mailed?

MichaelCharles 2y ago

The pessimist in me says this is the regular old "If it's free, then you're the product" situation. This seems like a clever way to collect valid mailing addresses. People are also likely to include personal information in their praise messages, which could be valuable data. Their Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy state they reserve the right to share collected information with service providers, business partners, and affiliates. They can use your data for "other purposes" including "data analysis" and "identifying trends." They can share your information with "business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions."

frickinLasers 2y ago
The terms look like boilerplate that only addresses "your" data--not the information you enter about the target. If they end up selling the addresses/names/activities of unwilling participants, their "don't sue us" clause from the video may not hold up in court.* *ianal
aoanevdus 2y ago
Aren’t there data dumps freely available online with contact information for pretty much anyone? In that context, why would the data from this small project have any monetary value?
- cootsnuck 2y ago
  It wouldn't. This site just has a strong bias towards reactionary yum yuckers.

adnanaga 2y ago

OP here - There will be a lot we won’t be able to get to Hahahh but we want to try and send out as many as we can!

edm0nd 2y ago
Well that's super lame. A USPS Forever Stamp is $0.73. Unless yall are rolling in VC funds or a lot of extra cash, a few hundred or even thousand orders is going to nuke the entire idea. Are you still going to harvest and use all of the collected data of people who never got anything mailed?