Aaron Heth

Lost Post - The whole world is asked and answers a single question

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One question. Once a day. The whole world answers. Every day, answer a new prompt and send your thoughts into the world as a postcard. Tomorrow, receive someone else's story from anywhere on Earth, anonymously. Send a quick reaction to let the writer know their words reached you. Fill your passport with stamps from every country. Watch your collection grow as voices from new places arrive in your mailbox. Make each postcard yours. Choose colors, patterns, and stamps that express who you are.

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Aaron Heth
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Hey Product Hunt! I really miss when the internet was a fun place to discover new things. When you could find a random website from someone, somewhere else in the world and learn something new or play a little game. Now, my phone is either boring, or endless doom scrolling. So I wanted to build something that I could be excited about every day, for just a few minutes, and would connect me to real people and experiences. That led to Lost Post. Every day, there's one single question posed for everyone to answer. It might be a creative prompt, it might be about a memory or a story you have, or something else entirely. If you respond to the prompt, then the next day, you'll receive someone else's response for that prompt, from somewhere in the world, anonymously. My hope is that it's a fun, mindful way to learn about other cultures and perspectives and experiences. That it's something I (and maybe you) can look forward to for a few minutes each day. It's like a new pen pal every day, or...non-social social media. I've built a lot of fun little easter eggs into the app too. You can send a reaction to someone's card to let them know it meant something to you. You can customize your postcard and make it truly yours. You can collect country stamps from people around the world and fill out your passport book. And you can unlock little achievements (that may unlock new features or customizations). Please give it a try for a few days and let me know what you think! p.s. If you have any ideas for writing prompts, I'd love to hear them!
Zolani Matebese

@aaronhethΒ This is ultra cool, congrats on the launch. This reminds me of StumbleUpon from back in the day, before it became a cesspit.

Aaron Heth

@zolani_matebeseΒ Yes! Those are exactly the kind of inspirations and experiences I was trying to bring back. Thanks so much for giving it a try.

Alina Petrova

Your product genuinely made me smile. In a world obsessed with productivity and performance, it’s refreshing to see something about human connection and real experiences. Lovely launch and well done πŸ‘

Aaron Heth

@alina_petrova3Β Your comment made my day! Glad it's resonating with you just how I'd hoped it would for folks. Thanks for giving it a try.

Anton Ponikarovskii

@Lost Post i love how fun this idea is! how did you come up with that one?

Aaron Heth

@ponikarovskiiΒ Thanks! Just one of those ideas that sticks with you and transforms over time, started from my wife and I talking about how boring our phones are now and how exciting the internet use to be and wanting some way to connect with people without the baggage of modern social media.

Rita Busygina

This is so cool, it reminded me of this old website I used to use as a teen, where you send an e-letter to a random person and receive one back.

Mustafa Bulut

This is really beautiful. As a developer who feels stuck within the current tech trend, it's nice to see something human. Also for someone who loves to travel and collect stamps, made me smile when I earned my first stamp. Lovely app!

Aaron Heth

@mustafabulutΒ Totally agree about feeling stuck in the current tech trend. I'm so glad the stamps made you smile! I plan on tweaking the stamp collecting more to make it even more fun/joyful over time.

Jan Schutte

Fun idea, sadly can't try it because I'm not on iOS. Do you have a web version (email version πŸ€”)?

Aaron Heth

@janschutteΒ Oh, an email version is a good idea. I was thinking about starting a digest featuring a handful of posts and this is a nice way to do it, thanks!

Cameron Gaut

@janschutteΒ  @aaronhethΒ I wanted to try it out, but was hoping for a web version. I could not download the app because I haven't upgraded to the latest OS (holding off intentionally)

Noor

Super fun concept! I'd love to try it out but it requires ios 26+ so I'm unable to download it at the moment

Mykyta Semenov πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡³πŸ‡±

Interesting idea! I’d expand it to several themes: motivation, support, romance, and maybe a few more topics that resonate with everyone. It would be really nice to receive some warm words in the morning from a complete stranger and have the ability to reply or say thank you. In a world with so many lonely people, this could be very much in demand.

Andrea RadojičiΔ‡

Why not add every country to choose from, if it's worldwide?
Do you need a sign up form right away without seeing what the app looks like?