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Re: Show HN: Enter a message, delivery at a random time up to 6 months from now

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Great idea, but not very great execution. It looks nice to use once, but hardly will be used again until see it again. You should add some things that will connect tha user with the site. Like "if u asked yourself a future question, post on our wall the answers" or something not like that! Don't limit yourself!

Make A plugin for facebook and an App for iphone. The result that the software gives you is small, so if u build something (an app for example) that usually gives you small result, it will fullfil your expectations. If you don't know how to improve the design and build an app for ex, look for some technical partner.

It really have potential. I just think that u should take care of what will bring the user back to my app/site/whatever.

Re: Show HN: Enter a message, delivery at a random time up to 6 months from now

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #8

That reminds me of something I've been thinking about again and again over the past years. Is there any reliable way to send myself a message that I would receive, say, 40 years from today. So far I haven't been able to come up with a good solution.

My own best ideas so far are:

a) Find a large reputable law firm and tell them to find me in 40 years.

b) Write some kind of distributed agent, a virus if you will, that learns about new communication media, runtime platforms, free hosting options for its code, etc. It has one goal: Keep track of my identity until the time comes and then hit me with the message on all channels it knows at the time.

That would be very difficult but not impossible I think. Yes, the internet may be long gone, but it's very unlikely that another platform like the internet would emerge without a very long period of transition and lots of interoperability giving the agent time to pick it up.

But what may be the downfall of such an agent is any change in the legal system that bans all anonymity on the net. One day, no code of any sort might be a allowed to communicate without using some kind of electronic signature.

Re: Show HN: Enter a message, delivery at a random time up to 6 months from now

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Post by mreid »

How does this differ from http://futureme.org ?

I used that service in the past to send myself a message from me pre-PhD-completion self to my post-PhD-completion self to ask how it was. Although it was basically procrastination at the time it was surprising and strangely cathartic to receive an email from a very different sounding me.

Re: Show HN: Enter a message, delivery at a random time up to 6 months from now

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Post by nandemo »

hammock wrote: post #29

I'm using this to propose to my girlfriend.

Using this transfer protocol is not recommended in this case.

This type of message SHOULD be delivered synchronously. In case it is delivered asynchronously, the receiving peer MAY refuse it.

Another possible problem is that, since 6 months is a long time, you might get time-out before the message is ever delivered.

Re: Show HN: Enter a message, delivery at a random time up to 6 months from now

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Post by LocalPCGuy »

Pretty cool, I submitted a message for my future self.

I would add a privacy note, stating what you said here about dropping the emails/message after sending - I couldn't find anything on there that resembled a privacy policy.

Other thing that would make it slightly more useful, is to add the ability to schedule it versus just random (I would keep the random choice as well, make it the default option even.) But for it to actually be a useful tool, I think the ability to schedule is important.

Re: Show HN: Enter a message, delivery at a random time up to 6 months from now

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Post by xijhing »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #8

That reminds me of something I've been thinking about again and again over the past years. Is there any reliable way to send myself a message that I would receive, say, 40 years from today. So far I haven't been able to come up with a good solution.

Set up a trust.
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