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Great point. Please consider this as well: when you receive a card in the mail do you think about the person going to the store and buying the card or do you
by talpert 13y ago
Great point. Please consider this as well: when you receive a card in the mail do you think about the person going to the store and buying the card or do you think it's special because it's a handwritten card?
At the end of the process a Felt card feels authentic. I'd love to write you one if you'd like. Just email me you address.
- DasIch 13y agoWhen someone gets a card from a store, writes it herself and sends it, it shows a certain amount of appreciation and worth to the one she sends it, not because it was bought in a store, handwritten and sent but because it costs time and effort. If you send a card in this way you are showing someone that he or she is worth that cost and thereby that this someone is important to you. Felt will never feel as "authentic" as the very premise of the app is to reduce, if not eliminate, the reason for sending handwritten cards.
- ttruett 13y agoI agree a product like Felt might never feel as authentic as the real thing, but I don't think that's necessarily a problem. Some people prefer to hand-write letters and will probably do so until they die. Some occasions require hand-written letters and will probably do so for a very long time to come. (Felt technically is hand-writing so I guess I mean non-digital hand-writing... Do we need to invent a new term?) I don't think Felt is necessarily trying to compete with the above, it's simply trying to offer a middle-ground between text messages and inked letters. If we look at how quickly communication has changed (some might say devolved) over the last twenty years... wouldn't a product like Felt be a step in the right direction?