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Last friday night I hacked together FJunkMail.com and the following day posted it up on Hacker News - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4402220 http://news.yc
by scottmotte 14y ago
Last friday night I hacked together FJunkMail.com and the following day posted it up on Hacker News - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4402220 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4402220.
The response from the Hacker News community was really encouraging. I want to thank you all for that. I especially want to thank ChuckMcM for his idea to turn it into a way to send a postcard to your congressperson (and his helpful feedback over an email thread), and prasincs for his additional re-enforcement of that idea.
From all that I built https://postcongress.io https://postcongress.io over the course of this past week. And already it is turning into a venture. A colleague of mine recommended I contact advocacy groups. I've started doing so and have some strong leads and a meeting on Monday.
So, thank you HN.
And there is still tweaks to be done so I'd appreciate any feedback.
- tansey 14y agoI would think a letter is a more effective form of mailing congress. Postcards don't convey the same weight as a full letter.
- scottmotte 14y agoI am actually already working on this possibility with a printer.
- chlee 14y agoQuick question. Lets assume the best and this idea takes off. How do you plan to scale? Seems like you have to put a lot of effort into printing and mailing the postcards for $1.99.