Apparently the USPS is now using Informed Delivery to do marketing campaigns.
Seriously, this is beyond the pale.
@craigmaloney The fact that the vast majority of their income comes from delivering mail people don't actually want doesn't already make them worthy of the Corporate Death Penalty?
@craigmaloney If it weren't for the fact that USPS is an accepted method for serving legal notice, I would replace my mailbox with a recycle bin.
@seanl I like the post office, and I appreciate what they do. But I'm going to call them out for nonsense like this. This is the kind of shit I'd expect from UPS or FedEx, not USPS.
@craigmaloney Weird, my view is the exact opposite. In my experience UPS and FedEx are the ones without the nonsense, and USPS spend all their time trying to wring every last cent out of their monopoly over third class mail.
@seanl @craigmaloney i also like and appreciate the postal service. they do good work at decent rates, and are a lifeline for small communities.
unfortunately, they're expected for reasons of political pathology to operate as a moneymaking enterprise instead of a full-blown utility.
@brennen @craigmaloney I think the US should get rid of the FDIC entirely in favor of nationalized consumer banking. That could be USPS I suppose :)
@seanl @craigmaloney could swear i've seen a proposal for postal banking based on a model that supposedly worked well elsewhere, but i don't remember the specifics.
@craigmaloney @seanl fund that shit for real and ban the outright spam, imo. maybe they can double as a credit union interface or a food bank if the decline in volume from grocery store flyers and credit card spam cuts business too much to support their current staffing levels.