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Show HN: Nothingly – The gift of nothing

54 points| alexnothingly | 5 years ago |nothing.ly

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[+] liquidify|5 years ago|reply
You should set it up so that people can send cryptocurrencies that are provably burned. Then you could pay something to no one to send nothing to someone.
[+] ComputerGuru|5 years ago|reply
Clever. Of course then they wouldn’t be making money. Anyway, what’s truly “provably” burned?

Might as well send them an individualized clip of a Lincoln or Jackson being set on fire.

[+] marzetti|5 years ago|reply
I don't save many quotes, but that's going to be one of them! Thanks!
[+] x32n23nr|5 years ago|reply
While this may very well be the simplest piece of software that makes money, I have a conceptual bone to pick:

If you spend money to make a point, the recipient does mean something.

[+] somacore|5 years ago|reply
Please tell me your purchase confirmation page says "thanks for nothing."
[+] olooney|5 years ago|reply
I like the way the form is "in situ." Like filling in Mad Libs.
[+] alexnothingly|5 years ago|reply
Thanks :) I actually borrowed the idea from another company who were using that approach for their contact us form and it seemed like a nice change.
[+] lkbm|5 years ago|reply
I love this. It's simple and clever. I hope you make some money.

I'm reminded of the "I am Rich" iPhone app[0], but less offensive to the sensibilities. It's just a small art project where the performance art aspect centers around the observer giving the artist money.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich

[+] ComputerGuru|5 years ago|reply
Your layout is broken on iOS. The text appears above the intro header. https://i.imgur.com/CoUTRvW.png
[+] lukashed|5 years ago|reply
I was a bit surprised how much metadata Apple includes for this shared picture (in some of the XHR responses). Not only your email address (the same that's on your HN profile so I assume that doesn't hurt) but also what seems to be your device's name ("i" followed by a part of your last name) as well as what looks to be a unique ID of your device and your timezone (are you GMT-6?).
[+] mh44|5 years ago|reply
Please tell me you’re at least if donating the $ to charity!
[+] ravroid|5 years ago|reply
This is hilarious. Paying money to passive-aggressively insult somebody, I think you may have invented a new market. Has this product generated any revenue yet?
[+] trestenhortz|5 years ago|reply
If it was giving to charity, and not telling people they are worthless, it might be a good novelty in this world where gift giving has become a meaningless waste of money. “I’m giving you nothing, but some less fortunate kid got school books!”

As it stands it just comes across as being mean/nasty.

[+] iakh|5 years ago|reply
This is great. Much more altruistic than my project [1] that charges people for nothing in return

[1] https://lapse.cc/

[+] repartix|5 years ago|reply
Try flipping it around. Instead of you spending a lot to prove someone means nothing, have them spend a lot to prove they mean something. Check out my Show HN from yesterday.
[+] waynesonfire|5 years ago|reply
I'D RATHER GIVE YOU NOTHING THAN PAY FOR YOUR COLLEGE EDUCATION!!

types h-t-t-p-s-:-/-/-w-w-w-.-n-o-t-h-...

[+] offtop5|5 years ago|reply
Nothing as a service.

NAAS.

One wonders , if you can get 20 people to actually use this would you have the most efficient startup ever created.

[+] dailypeeker|5 years ago|reply
Basically, there are three types of people

1. Who don't use the service($0)

2. Who send $5

2. Who send $1000

[+] ibraheemdev|5 years ago|reply
Why was this flagged?
[+] rimeice|5 years ago|reply
Maybe because it all just leads to nothing.
[+] alexnothingly|5 years ago|reply
Not sure, ultimately it's just a bit of a silly side project. It's a shame it would get flagged.
[+] raylennon|5 years ago|reply
Ultimately nothing is the best give ever! ;)