Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
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Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
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Re: Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
#2The Problem:
A bunch of friends and you land up at a bar/wine shop and it turns out to be a dry day and then you go - doh! (one friend even went to Goa for a weekend only to realise it was a dry day)
Solution: I decided to build this simple SMS based reminder service which would remind you of all the dry days in the year!
Let me know what you guys think!
Re: Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
#3The Problem: A bunch of friends and you land up at a bar/wine shop and it turns out to be a dry day and then you go - doh! (one friend even went to Goa for a weekend only to realise it was a dry day) Solution: I decided to build this simple SMS based reminder service which would remind you of all the dry days in the year! Let me know what you guys think!
What’s a dry day?
I assume it means no alcohol, but worth making it clear on the site.
Re: Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
#4A privacy policy would help me trust you a bit more.
Good hack!_
Re: Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
#5In India, we get so many spam SMSes that I've learnt to completely ignore that channel.
Must have a privacy policy and tnc.
Looks good though
Re: Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
#6The Problem: A bunch of friends and you land up at a bar/wine shop and it turns out to be a dry day and then you go - doh! (one friend even went to Goa for a weekend only to realise it was a dry day) Solution: I decided to build this simple SMS based reminder service which would remind you of all the dry days in the year! Let me know what you guys think!
What’s a dry day? I assume it means no alcohol, but worth making it clear on the site.
This
Re: Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
#7A privacy policy would help me trust you a bit more. Good hack!_
yeah, gotta add a formal privacy policy. It'll look something like:
- Will never share your data without your explicit consent
- Don't use any 3rd party trackers (not even GA) so no data shared with them
- Data stored in India (AWS) in a server owned by me
Anything else you think I should cover?
Re: Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
#8In India, we get so many spam SMSes that I've learnt to completely ignore that channel. Must have a privacy policy and tnc. Looks good though
yeah, agree. But SMS was the quickest to get started - depending on traction - can add other channels as well - Email/Whatsapp/IVR/website notifications.
Yes, privacy policy seems to be universal feedback. Will add that for sure.
Re: Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
#9The Problem: A bunch of friends and you land up at a bar/wine shop and it turns out to be a dry day and then you go - doh! (one friend even went to Goa for a weekend only to realise it was a dry day) Solution: I decided to build this simple SMS based reminder service which would remind you of all the dry days in the year! Let me know what you guys think!
What’s a dry day? I assume it means no alcohol, but worth making it clear on the site.
I assumed here that potential end users in India would know what a dry day is. Maybe I'll revisit this assumption if more feedback like this comes in. Thanks!
Re: Show HN: Get SMS reminders for dry days in India
#10Be aware that your robot detection will not work as it is:
* The question (and answer) is always the same * The answer is in the source code for the site * The answer is only checked in the frontend (so robots will never see it at all)
Effective anti spam should be done in the backend, as a spambot would just send HTTP requests directly to your backend.