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Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by DonHopkins »

ryandrake wrote: post #31
ada1981 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like sending you gifts via Amazon? Or exposing your address when then send any mail at all? Your address is public record this seems like not something you need to concerned about.

I honestly feel a little creeped out when someone gives out my address to Amazon without my consent, even if it is to send me a gift. Even though Amazon already has my address, this feels different somehow and crosses a small boundary.

Unsolicited gifts from a big mega-corps like Amazon are creepy, while unsolicited gifts from small businesses like Bad Dragon are cool.

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by 71bw »

zoklet-enjoyer wrote: post #112

In 2024, Chang's company, Momofuku, drew criticism after sending cease and desist notices over the use of their trademark "chili crunch."[65] In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, Momofuku argued that the trademark was not intended to stifle any competition surrounding the sauces, stating that "When we created our product, we wanted a name we could own and intentionally picked 'Chili Crunch' to further differentia…

How does this relate to the topic?

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by throw4839355 »

costcofries wrote: post #99
bragr wrote: post #22

This reminds me of how my father (a lawyer) sent fake subpoenas to invite people to his brother's bachelor party. Most found it hilarious but it freaked a few people out. I suspect that this would have the same problem.

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Nah, for normal people, getting a legal looking letter is nerve wracking.

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by lukan »

dmix wrote: post #113
costcofries wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Depends what someone does for a living. If you deal with lawyers often you might have more emotional baggage seeing one.

And if you don't have much experience with lawyer letters, you have heard enough to want to avoid them usually.

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by lukan »

_yb2s wrote: post #85
rietta wrote: post #64

As a business owner, I can tell you certain letters have a look to them before opened and can trigger anxiety and “heart skip a beat.” A letter looking like its from a law firm is going to trigger concern and even calling an attorney. Not fun to then have the rug pulled out. Reminds me of the terrible pranksters who worry people and then say “it’s just a prank.”

Really? I think most people get plenty of benign letters from law firms. I do for things like consumer class action lawsuits I’m eligible to join, and stuff related to getting paid for things I invented….

I am pretty sure you are a outlier.

"stuff related to getting paid for things I invented…."

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by neilv »

cootsnuck wrote: post #97
ldoughty wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree so much, but the pessimist in me says that this isn't _really_ free, and I don't want to plug in a cool person's info without knowing who the info is being sold to. If this was publicly available document so I could fill in the missing bits, I'd send a dozen of these tomorrow.

> I don't want to plug in a cool person's info without knowing who the info is being sold to. Have we reached peak data privacy paranoia? Harmless lil projects that harken back to the good ol' days of the internet are somehow actually devious PII honeypots? Why do people think their data is so valuable on its own without being connected to their actual consumer related behavior? Truly, what is a name and address wort…

> Have we reached peak data privacy paranoia? Harmless lil projects that harken back to the good ol' days of the internet are somehow actually devious PII honeypots?

Safe assumptions with most any "tech" industry company or individual now are that they will behave completely like sociopaths when it comes to personal data.

It's so baked into "tech" culture now, even people who may be ethically inclined don't recognize it as a problem.

So I object to blaming the victim, or gaslighting, suggesting that people who are aware of this crisis of widespread antisocial behavior are being paranoid.

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by ayewo »

71bw wrote: post #123
zoklet-enjoyer wrote: post #112

In 2024, Chang's company, Momofuku, drew criticism after sending cease and desist notices over the use of their trademark "chili crunch."[65] In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, Momofuku argued that the trademark was not intended to stifle any competition surrounding the sauces, stating that "When we created our product, we wanted a name we could own and intentionally picked 'Chili Crunch' to further differentia…

How does this relate to the topic?

> How does this relate to the topic?

The person you responded to is providing additional context regarding David Chang. His name might not be familiar to readers as someone who is famous for sending large volumes of cease and desist letters.

He is mentioned in the very first sentence of this HN post:

> Every day, thousands of Cease and Desist letters are issued, telling people to stop what they’re doing (Looking at you, David Chang). What a bummer!

Re: Send someone you appreciate an official 'Continue and Persist' Letter

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Post by jmml97 »

ldoughty wrote: post #49
revscat wrote: post #16

As someone who is coming to increasingly believe that 99% of the world problems are caused by powers seeking to intentionally divide us one from the other, I cannot tell you how much joy this brings me to see. I wish you great success in this effort, however small it might appear to be in the scheme of things.

I agree so much, but the pessimist in me says that this isn't _really_ free, and I don't want to plug in a cool person's info without knowing who the info is being sold to. If this was publicly available document so I could fill in the missing bits, I'd send a dozen of these tomorrow.

> If this was publicly available document so I could fill in the missing bits, I'd send a dozen of these tomorrow.

It is: you can click on 'WRITE YOUR OWN CONTINUE AND PERSIST HERE!'[1] to be sent to a Google Doc with the template.

[1]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Um9z87Zv_zLRZRRHpii-Mwm...

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