Social Days » clusterflock http://socialdays.com Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:39:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A Different Sort of Social – Postcrossing (via clusterflock) http://socialdays.com/2008/06/09/a-different-sort-of-social-postcrossing-via-clusterflock/ http://socialdays.com/2008/06/09/a-different-sort-of-social-postcrossing-via-clusterflock/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:38:32 +0000 jquig99 http://socialdays.com/?p=109 There are blogs that are a addictive must-read – clusterflock is one of those for me. This just came across my reader – and I think it’s an different social take. And an unexpected smile.

Postcrossing‘s idea is simple – send a postcard, get a postcard from someone picked at random around the world. It’s kind of link getting a bunch of surprises by mail (remember – actual mail? In your mailbox? That’s not a bill or junk?).

How does it work? (from the website)

  • request an address from the website
  • mail the postcard to the address
  • wait to receive a postcard
  • register the received postcard in the system

Go to the website to read more on the specifics.

This reminds me of messages in bottle and having pen-pals in grammer school – nostalgia and poloroids.

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