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Show HN: Mel – The missing unsubscribe button for physical mail

58 点作者 nolastan超过 1 年前
Since 2017, I&#x27;ve been on a mission to stop the deluge of paper mail that ends up in my trash. It&#x27;s been a slow, manual process, but I&#x27;ve succeeded! I created Mel to help others rid themselves of physical junk mail.<p>Simply text a photo of junk mail and Mel contacts the sender to have you removed from their list – no registration or app required.

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dieselgate超过 1 年前
I really like the concept of &quot;text this number to perform action&quot;. There was a post a few months back about a postcard creation service where you just text a photo.
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aendruk超过 1 年前
For the DIY route see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catalogchoice.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.catalogchoice.org&#x2F;</a>, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
jondwillis超过 1 年前
I tried PaperKarma and had decent results. You offer up privacy and lack of app as a differentiator— should I be concerned having used PaperKarma? Are they charging me AND selling data?<p>I also like the idea of the research assistant. It is a mess trying to figure out how to reduce waste that accumulates without my real consent, from mail, food packaging, single use packaging&#x2F;plastic tossed into orders despite me saying I don’t want it, hard to recycle e-waste, confusing&#x2F;changing recycling rules for plastic and even glass some places. However, I also think that this can only be meaningfully improved with policy, not an opt-in, private service. Better than nothing, of course.<p>Aside from that, I actually have to thank you, because I stopped using it, forgot the name of the company, and forgot what was charging me $4 every month under the label “JET*.”
BrandoElFollito超过 1 年前
Thanks to privacy laws, we do not get much personal spam in the mail in France (one that is addressed to you). We get quite a lot of anonymous one, though.<p>There are stickers your can use on your mailbox that theoretically protect your from spam but it works maybe in 10% of the cases.<p>Out of curiosity, I reached a few times to the &quot;senders&quot; telling them that they put spam in my mailbox despite the sticker. All of them were completely taken aback and had no idea about how to react.<p>I mentioned privacy and whatnot and they all promised to get back to me, never got back and probably cross fingers to have the case closed :)
astura超过 1 年前
In the US you can opt out of the majority of junk mail from creditors and insurance here - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;consumer.ftc.gov&#x2F;articles&#x2F;prescreened-credit-insurance-offers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;consumer.ftc.gov&#x2F;articles&#x2F;prescreened-credit-insuran...</a>
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luis_cho超过 1 年前
We should all have a personal postal code that would link to our current address.<p>When we change our address we would link the postal code to the new directory. By having this the companies would not know where we live and we would have a place to select the mail we want.
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uoaei超过 1 年前
&gt; Protect your privacy<p>&gt; Just link your name, home address, and phone number for this random company<p>Yeah, no thanks.<p>Edited to clarify for those who may be unfamiliar with the concept of PII.
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afruitpie超过 1 年前
Unrelated to the project, I&#x27;m excited for AI-generated art to get better or decline in popularity.<p>The art on the homepage and its Stripe checkout pages give me the heebie-jeebies for some reason.
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local_crmdgeon超过 1 年前
What&#x27;s the pitch vs PaperKarma?
lloydatkinson超过 1 年前
Does this work in the UK?
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