does it hug premium numbers?
HaaS (Hugs as a Service)
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#22I assume most people would first enter their own number to see what this really does. Then they enter all their friends' numbers. Another way to collect address books.
Doesn't store data or keep numbers :-)
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#23I assume most people would first enter their own number to see what this really does. Then they enter all their friends' numbers. Another way to collect address books.
Same can be said of many of the websites submitted to HN where people submit their e-mail. There used to be value in keeping your e-mail address to yourself, but it seems people just toss it at whomever willy-nilly these days.
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#25Haas is also a popular variety of Avacado. #TheMoreYouKnow
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#26Since a lot of you are asking - this doesn't store numbers, collect data, or track anything other than hits via Google Analytics and API hits on Twilio.
No marketing scam, no selling of address books - just a little hack to make people smile.
I really, really really, really really really hate things that collect data and use it for marketing purposes or spam. I added a disclaimer to the bottom of the page (thanks @seszett for that idea) with words to that effect too.
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#28I assume most people would first enter their own number to see what this really does. Then they enter all their friends' numbers. Another way to collect address books.
Same can be said of many of the websites submitted to HN where people submit their e-mail. There used to be value in keeping your e-mail address to yourself, but it seems people just toss it at whomever willy-nilly these days.
Or people have more than one email and some of them are worth less to them than others.
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#29I'm aware I'm going to come off sounding like the grinch, or an old man moaning "In My Day...", but: Has it really got to the point where, if we want to cheer someone up, instead of sending them a cheering text ourselves, we outsource it to an online service?
I think you might be taking it too seriously.
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#30I'm aware I'm going to come off sounding like the grinch, or an old man moaning "In My Day...", but: Has it really got to the point where, if we want to cheer someone up, instead of sending them a cheering text ourselves, we outsource it to an online service?
This is more of a "long tail" of cheeriness :)