[revscat]

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.

[ldoughty]

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.

[jmml97]

> 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...

[cootsnuck]

> 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 worth vs. anonymous user on smart TV id_8z6748dxzh watched 3 hours of Hoarders on Amazon Prime, skipped 85% of ads, but did not skip 50% of ads relating to early onset male pattern baldness, and resides in Ohio?

We somehow both overestimate and underestimate the value of our personal data. Which leads to unwarranted paranoia in inappropriate contexts and alarming indifference in the most common but mundane contexts.

[adnanaga]

it truly is free hahah we're using some free survey website plan and then Mark would fill in a template in google docs, print, and post the official letter. I think we hit our limit on the form though. We didn't expect it to blow up! Mark is gonna kill me when he checks his email

[hackernewds]

send one to temp mail then copy it. if the privacy policy weren't so lax I'd not share the cynicism with you, but it state it'll be collected and shared

[nicbou]

Gratitude goes a long way.

My job puts me on the receiving end of a lot of gratitude, and I absolutely adore it. It's one of the main perks of the job. After experiencing it, I have become a lot more lavish in my praise, and frequently email people to thank them for their work. Most of them are very appreciative of it, especially when they make their work freely available.

[skeeter2020]

>> I’ll contact someone if I loved their book or music or work. I’ll find a way to contact the author or the creator and say, “Holy shit. That was brilliant. I loved it. This was amazing. Count me as a fan.”

>> I’ve done this about 20 times. I never got a response only once or twice, but the rest responded warmly. Many of these people have turned into friends. We actually call each other on the phone and shoot the shit. A couple of them have even turned into best friends.

more here: https://sive.rs/2020-04-email

[thunky]

> Gratitude goes a long way.

It sure does.

And lack of gratitude goes a long way in the wrong direction. Big time demotivator.

[127]

Nah, 99% of the world problems is caused by fraud.

[brookst]

And 1% by dubious statistics?