Show HN: The Daily Cramp – A daily reminder to master her monthly cycle

[TAGMentor]

From an article this morning:

"Email newsletters aren't a sexy business but they can literally print money for the people who start them," Hilley says. After studying other successful newsletters like Thrillist, he projects The Daily Cramp can generate a whopping $77 million in advertising sales in just three years. "We're banking on a viral effect," he says.

Yet even Hilley has doubts. "Will this turn into something that people want to get every day?" he wonders.

Hilley's response in a comment below the article: "It's just like some jack@ss Goldman guy to make ridiculous projections like that... pretty soon, him and his awful Crazy Bear are going to take the entire newsletter world down with him, just like he did the financials."

[Roboprog]

They need to add multiprocessing: I need to track a wife and two daughters. Now if you'll excuse me, I must run for my life :-)

[sirraj]

I know how you feel. I grew up in a house with 4 older sisters. The way their moods would change was unexplainable to 10 year old me. Probably why I only date women post-menopause now...lol

[TAGMentor]

Great point Rob... we'll have to find the best way to do this. Thanks for the love! ;)

[justbc]

Hmmm, it seems pretty similar to one from a while back http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1390147. Maybe this is an April Fool's joke though. Anyways I can always tell when my girlfriend's period starts, but I think her mood change is partly a psychological reaction to the physical symptoms rather than just a "hormonal rollercoaster" as they're claiming.

[Roritharr]

just signed up, could easily save my life one day.

Think about including an "add another crazy bear" button for people who have to live with abusive female co-workers, daughters that are plagued by puberty AND pms, etc... they won't behave differently on their pms just because your position to them is different.

[TAGMentor]

Best comment of all time! We've got an option to "add a partner"... will think carefully about "adding another crazy bear". Don't want to overwhelm users with too many emails (but there is probably a nice, simple way to include it in the 1 email you're already getting). Let me noodle that...

[dot]

in that case they might want to change some of the wording in the emails.

[sirraj]

Jason Baptiste loves newsletters but thinks our idea is “just odd”. What do you think?

[vnchr]

I like the concept a lot, but I won't sign up because of the frequency.

I don't want to think about female menstruation every day.

Once a week--that I could do. Daily? And I start to get grossed out.

[TAGMentor]

Hi Israel - yeah, we're going to watch unsubscribe rates and see if 1 a day is too much.. then we might have to change our name to "The Weekly Cramp". ;)

[JimEngland]

The chart of a woman's mood throughout the month makes sense, but It is scientifically proven?

[TAGMentor]

Hi Jim - thanks for the comment. What's proven is that hormones affect behavior (to a certain degree). It remains to be seen if there's such a direct link that you can write content around it to describe each day. But we're certainly doing our best! ;)