{"id":2266,"date":"2013-06-20T07:25:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T14:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2013-06-20T07:25:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T14:25:50","slug":"usps-move-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/2013\/06\/usps-move-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Annoying marketing from the US federal government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, I have to say that I&#8217;m generally a fan of and am <a href=\"http:\/\/wysz.com\/hotw\/iblog\/C47259402\/E20060901003806\/\">fascinated by<\/a> the USPS (and other postal services around the world). The fact that I can write on a piece of paper, drop it in a box, and have full confidence that it will be delivered to the right place is kind of amazing.<\/p>\n<p>That all being said, it makes me sad that these screenshots are from the website of an official agency of the United States federal government:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2268\" alt=\"Lowbrow marketing page with words like 'exclusive coupons' and very large buttons for opting in, with only a small 'Skip this step' link that allows the user to continue to the confirmation page for a change of address.\" src=\"http:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/usps-coupons-promo-500x271.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2267\" alt=\"Lowbrow marketing page with a timer indicating that the customer only has a few minutes to redeem an offer to have catalogs sent to their address or to receive coupons.\" src=\"http:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/usps-move-promo-500x244.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"244\"><\/p>\n<p>I understand that the postal service may not like what it&#8217;s doing, and is desperate for revenue. So here\u2019s a challenge: How would you change the system so that the postal service had an incentive to <em>reduce<\/em> junk mail?<\/p>\n<p>And a question for anyone outside of the US: Do you get junk\/unsolicited\/spam mail in your country? How many pieces do you receive per day or week? Is there a way to opt out of it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, I have to say that I&#8217;m generally a fan of and am fascinated by the USPS (and other postal services around the world). The fact that I can write on a piece of paper, drop it in a box, and have full confidence that it will be delivered to the right place is kind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/2013\/06\/usps-move-marketing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Annoying marketing from the US federal government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annoying-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wysz.com\/wyszdom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}