T-shirts that get you dates, gigs, and possibly a stalker or two
Do you sometimes wish you could eliminate some of the human interaction from your social life? Reactee t-shirts let you create a personalized t-shirt printed with a slogan and a special code that anyone can send a text message to in order to receive a pre-programed response from you. People are using them for everything from advertising upcoming music gigs and sports events to gathering names for petitions and even soliciting phone numbers for dates.Possible problems: The writing isn't that large. For anyone to read your shirt, then get the correct code and number to send the code to, it will require someone staring at your chest area at a fairly close range for longer than usual. Just be forewarned about that. Also, once someone has your code they can keep sending you their response over and over and over again hoping for more personal attention from you.
Many people are disappointed to find out there's nothing electronic or gadgety about the shirt itself. They picture some tiny receiver sending out messages from the actual shirt. Sorry, people, it's just a code and the number to send it to. You could make you own t-shirts with puffy paint once you have the codes and get theoretically the same results.
Filed under: Fashion, Best of the Season
Tags: reactee, t-shirt, text messaging, TextMessaging, tshirt
Tags: reactee, t-shirt, text messaging, TextMessaging, tshirt



Ariel Poler, 6-08-2007, 2:03PM
Thank you for the coverage.
I wanted to clarify that if you don't want to receive further messages from someone the system makes it very easy to block future messages from a given person (simply reply with B to any message received from that person through the system). So, hopefully "stalking" wont be a problem. Additionally, you can turn off SMS notifications altogether and see the information on the Reactee web site.
Your point about the size of the instructions is a very good one. We experimented with larger sizes, but are trying to balance the clarity of the instructions with the aesthetics of the design. We will continue to experiment with this and might try other approaches in the future. So far, the feedback that we are getting is quite positive.
Thank you again.
Ariel Poler
CEO, Reactee
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