[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":573},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-10716798":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":71,"maker_in_thread":186,"shape":199,"grid":204,"attempts":534,"same_week":535,"maker_shows":38,"maker_hidden":565,"reader_version":566,"card":567},"10716798","Ponzi.es","Startup sticker ponzi scheme","title","Show HN: Ponzi.es – Startup sticker ponzi scheme","https:\u002F\u002Fponzi.es","ponzi.es","zachlatta",1449838635,2015,332,125,42,2565,2,"legend","other","sticker exchange","web_app",[24,21,25,26],"startup stickers","mail","ponzi scheme","curious",-0.069,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},12,28,0,16,56,{"idea":36,"docs":39,"execution":40,"pricing":42,"privacy":43},{"positive":37,"critical":38},9,11,{"positive":32,"critical":18},{"positive":41,"critical":41},1,{"positive":41,"critical":18},{"positive":32,"critical":32},[32,18,41,41,45,45,45,45,41,46,45,46,32,41,45,46,45,45,45,32,32,32,32,32,41,45,18,32,32,45,41,46,45,18,46,46,46,41,45,41],3,5,null,{"problem":47,"audience":47,"pricing":49,"motivation":62,"time_to_build":47,"stack":68,"openness":69,"stage":70,"team_size":69},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Send a sticker plus 50 cents or a forever stamp; receive two stickers back","maker",[53,56,59],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},"10716988","Ah, we should update the website! If you send us a forever stamp instead of 50 cents, we'll honor it.",{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"10718662","Yup! As long as it's a Forever stamp, we'll honor it :-).",{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},"10717246","To (somewhat) rate limit it, we'll only send 2 stickers back per envelope (regardless of whether the envelope has 1 sticker or 10 stickers in it).",{"value":63,"source":51,"evidence":64},"Fun project to test how long crowdsourced stickers can sustain a ponzi-style exchange",[65],{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},"10719914","We've actually already had a couple reach out, but we've turned them down because we want to see how long we can sustain this by \"crowdsourcing\" stickers (i.e. being a ponzi…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":72,"objections":93,"requests":119,"questions":145,"alternatives":160},[73],{"value":74,"source":75,"evidence":76},"Fun, clever idea","commenter",[77,81,85,89],{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},"10716960","fortytw2","This is awesome in every way. Talk about a fantastic project",{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"10718243","mmcclure","The nit picking in these comments seems, for once, to actually be in good spirit, but this is a really fun idea! I would love to do this with startup \u002F event t-shirts so I could…",{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"10716942","mariocesar","You got something here",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"10718699","austinstorm","LOVE IT",[94,108],{"value":95,"source":75,"evidence":96},"Not actually a Ponzi scheme since no investment or promised returns",[97,101,105],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"10717814","plesner","Nit, but: it's not actually a Ponzi scheme. What made Ponzi's scheme a Ponzi scheme was not the postal coupons. It was pretending that investors were making huge profits to make…",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"10717914","decwakeboarder","A ponzi scheme would require a larger upfront sticker investment from new investors with large but unsustainable sticker returns over time. This is just a straight up 'sticker +…",{"id":106,"by":99,"text":107},"10718982","No you're totally right, it's not a pyramid scheme. I still don't think it's a Ponzi scheme though because I don't think a sticker and return postage constitutes an investment.…",{"value":109,"source":75,"evidence":110},"Mailing coins and cash is a hassle or risk",[111,115],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"10718284","blakeyrat","You should let people know not to send coins, too. Coins can get violently ejected from postal sorting machines and cause injuries. (And as general advice, if you're going to do…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"10718420","fluxsauce","In case anyone was curious, mailing cash is legal according to this Snopes Article - www.snopes.com\u002Flegal\u002Fpostal\u002Fsendcash.asp Can't find a current USPS FAQ, though.",[120,134],{"value":121,"source":75,"evidence":122},"Accept international stamps or foreign currency",[123,126,130],{"id":124,"by":11,"text":125},"10716996","If you send us an international stamp instead of a 50¢ piece, we'll honor it ;-).",{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"10717827","gtpasqual","Would you send it to the EU and take euros :)?",{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"10719701","fernandotakai","if i sent international + the cost of sending in usd (i have no idea how much it costs to send a letter from the us, only sent postcards), will you honour it? (i have a fuckton…",{"value":135,"source":75,"evidence":136},"Clarify that startup means any tech company",[137,141],{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"10718802","saganus","Wouldn't it be better if you use \"tech company\" term instead? If the blanket term is already widely accepted, I see no point in using \"startup\" instead, as that will probably…",{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"10719162","alanh","Or just add a sentence of clarification to the website.",[146,153],{"value":147,"source":75,"evidence":148},"Is the work done by hand?",[149],{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"10724527","collinmanderson","Are you going to do all this work by hand?",{"value":154,"source":75,"evidence":155},"What is the privacy policy?",[156],{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"10718609","melvinmt","Curious to know what the privacy policy is with this thing.",[161,172,179],{"value":162,"source":75,"evidence":163},"Stickermule, Redbubble, and Unixstickers sell startup stickers",[164,168],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"10717136","LukeB_UK","Stickermule[0] and RedBubble[1] come into mind. [0] https:\u002F\u002Fwww.stickermule.com\u002F [1] http:\u002F\u002Fwww.redbubble.com\u002F",{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"10717172","benwaffle","And http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unixstickers.com\u002F",{"value":173,"source":75,"evidence":174},"GitHub sells its own sticker packs",[175],{"id":176,"by":177,"text":178},"10717354","nissehulth","Some sell their own, like Github. http:\u002F\u002Fgithub.myshopify.com\u002Fproducts\u002Foctodex-sticker-packs",{"value":180,"source":75,"evidence":181},"Notifuse gives away free dev stickers",[182],{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"10717746","pierrebazoge","Looks like they ride on the Notifuse successful initiative: \"Free dev stickers, worldwide shipping\" https:\u002F\u002Fnotifuse.com\u002Fstickers",{"comments":187,"answered":188,"key":189},13,7,[190,193,196],{"id":191,"text":192},"10718415","For the sake of simplicity, we're using it as a blanket term for \"tech company\" and are happy with stickers for anything from a tiny 1 person company to a behemoth like Google…",{"id":194,"text":195},"10718846","We originally had \"tech company\" on the site, but after showing it to a few friends and people that were crashing at our house, it was clear that people had a better…",{"id":197,"text":198},"10718968","Yeah, totally fair. 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