I've been running my side project - free ecards that are wrong for every occasion - (https://wrongcards.com) for eighteen years. I felt like the internet needed something like that, back in 2008. Back then, it was a tribute to the 90s era of terrible, awful ecards websites, about which I had become oddly nostalgic. It was also semi-intentionally a terrible idea from a SEO perspective (ecause, like, search engines aren't going to help anyone find what is ostensibly WRONG for every occasion) and I built the entire thing out of spite towards what I thought of as the 'new web'.

Now, almost 20 years later, I find I want to preserve something from the old days before it all looked like, well, gestures around wildly. It would be a relief not to maintain the site anymore. But I feel like I'd be disappointing a lot of people, as well. I have no idea how long I'm going to keep this going.

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ahaferburg 9 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe you could try to find somebody to take over or help you maintain it?

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senko 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I just spent 15 minutes I don't have, browsing your site and chuckling.

Thank you! :-)

(PS. maybe just freeze it so it's up but don't spend / spend minimal time on maintenance, if that's possible?)

(PPS. maybe integrate with some of those "send a postcard" sites so that people can also send actual physical cards using your designs? or buy them (high-res PDF for printing)

	▲	wrongcards an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Hey, that's lovely, and I'm glad. I did simplify the ecard send/receive mechanism - there's been four or five different iterations of the app, and validating emails was nightmarish. As of a few months ago I just let people create and copy-paste 'links with messages', which has made my life considerably easier. I did print 1000 boxes of postcards years ago - in about 2012, I think. they turned out looking really beautiful, in print. It's a funny story, actually, because I put them on Amazon and forgot all about them, entirely (I was working a full-time job at the time at a university). I still have a few hundred boxes left I've been giving away to people. I've had a few people contact me in the interest of facilitating that service, but they seemed kinda slimey. I think you're right; I should probably set up print-on-demand. But again, side projects, huh?!