Chrome wouldn't let me get through to your site through your link because of certificate issues but it works fine over an insecure connection; for the lazy here's the non-HTTPS link: http://www.downtofax.com/
Definitely an interesting/hilarious idea (and I love your testimonials section), but I have to ask, has anyone actually given you a fax number yet? I don't think I know a single person that still owns a fax machine
Thanks for the heads up. This account has been deleted. Unfortunately some people aren't taking this as seriously as we hoped. There are over 20mm Americans (mostly in rural areas) who have access to a fax machine but don't have the internet.
>Unfortunately some people aren't taking this as seriously as we hoped. There are over 20mm Americans (mostly in rural areas) who have access to a fax machine but don't have the internet.
The problem with your implementation is that you require your users have the Internet to create a profile and to receive a fax. Ideally you would have a phone number (different ones for men seeking women, women seeking men, men seeking men, women seeking women) that someone could send a fax to and receive back a random fax.
Psh, if anyone gets contacted via DTF you should submit the post to https://www.faxins.com, so the entire internet can laugh at your technologically impaired suitor!
I think this site is just a tongue-in-cheek humor kinda site. They mention you can send stuff over email, then scold you for not having a fax machine. I thought it was rather humorous. The creators know they're being goofs.
Sorry, but no. This is OKCupid, or whatever, for fax machines. Which is weird, you know. Taking the "corporateness" and Extreme Seriousness connotations of fax, and the sexy fun vibe for dating, and mixing them... Sort of funny, if you asked me. I guess I'm not that eager on dating women who use faxes, in 2012, for dating. Total turn-off.
Now, first thing I thought was, this could be some app in which the user writes something, or draws something, scans it and it goes to a random's user printer. That's cool like ChatRoulette. It has all its penis-in-your-face potential, and all its ephimerous-beauty potential at the same time. I was dissapointed :(
Oh, and the SSL certificate is wrong. It's associated to a *.herokuapp.com . Please fix it.
Well, yes. A lot of those people are going to be on HN as well. There are people who take things very literally. (To the point that analogy and metaphor become confusing.)
(The random profiles are hilarious too: http://www.downtofax.com/random)