what if we made a greeting card - a single card - travel the world

[inherentlee@flipping.rocks]

what if we made a greeting card - a single card - travel the world

idea: every person is given the next recipient in the chain. when they receive the card, they sign it, put it in a new envelope, and send out again to their next recipient

if it gets too beat up, the current holder picks a new card. when it reaches the end of the chain, the last recipient sends it back to the first, who takes a picture to share with all participants.

and then, if we want to, we scramble the list (drop anyone who wants to be dropped, add anyone who wants to be added) and start again with a new card

#siblinghoodOfTheTravelingGreetingCard

h/t @noctiluca

[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]

@inherentlee @noctiluca this sounds quite interesting!

[inherentlee@flipping.rocks]

@valhalla I'll add you to the interest list, then?

[agnes@pdx.social]

@inherentlee Can we do a lottery to pick who will be the ultimate recipient, who will be the person being greeted by the said card? 😆

[inherentlee@flipping.rocks]

@agnes I mean it'll be randomized so yes lol

[agnes@pdx.social]

@inherentlee No I mean the *final* recipient, not the *next* recipient, and this is as opposed to the card stopping whenever it gets too beat up (which is unpredictable). But I’m happy with both!

[inherentlee@flipping.rocks]

@agnes yes, the final recipient is also randomly chosen, the whole list will be random unless there are mailing limitations I have to work with

[inherentlee@flipping.rocks]

@agnes (and if so, the only edits to the random list will be for mailing restriction reasons)

[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]

@inherentlee yes please!

[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]

@inherentlee @agnes (do you already know about postcrossing.com/postal-monito… ? it only tracks the ability to send postcards (which afaik also covers the ability to send letters, at least for most parts of the world) rather than packages, but it should be what's needed here

[inherentlee@flipping.rocks]

@valhalla @agnes I knew about postcrossing from a distance but not this specifically!!! I'll check it out in the morning 💗

[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]

@inherentlee @agnes it's the data they use to avoid assigning people addresses they can't send to, so it should be kept pretty accurate

it doesn't say anything about routes that may be delayed (e.g. from Italy I can send mail to Russia, and eventually it usually arrives, emphasis on eventually (the last two cards I've sent to Russia are still traveling, after 61 days))