Idea for mail swap - floppy disk exchange

[TheFrugalGamer]

I've done a ton of mail swaps in the past, but they were always geared towards art--swapping little art cards, stickers, and similar. Recently, though, I was thinking about old forms of physical media, and realized it would be really fun to swap floppy disks or data CDs via mail. Basically, you would fit whatever you could onto one disk, and then send it out to someone to share. Maybe you could pick a theme for each, like "Flight" or "Nature," and then it would be up to everyone to find something interesting to add.

Would anyone be interested in something like this? I'd be happy to host/coordinate, and we could discuss ideas for what to add in the forum. Most swaps require users to fill out a small questionnaire about what they'd like to receive and if they're able to send internationally or not.

If you've never done a mail swap before, there are two ways of organizing them:
1) Everyone sends their items to the swap coordinator, who matches them up and sends them out to everyone. Usually this requires people to send postage along with their letters.
2) The coordinator assigns partners, and then gives everyone the address of the person they are assigned to, and everyone is responsible for sending out their own packages.

Here are some things I was thinking it would be fun to add and could still fit onto a floppy disk:

• Very small pixel images
• Crunchy black and white jpegs of someplace in your town (very small resolution)
• Text documents of your favorite short story or poems
• Copy of an interesting website you found, either stripped down or limited to small sites only
• Custom webpage you made featuring a niche interest of yours, or a small puzzle
• MIDI music

I'd be interested to see what ideas everyone else has!

[elsieee]

would b interested if international mail isn't so goddamn expensive    also idk where to find those traditional floppy disks in my area ngl

[MediocreMetastasis]

I would love to participate!

I would prefer cd's but I can also do floppies (I just need to buy a drive and some discs).
I cool idea would be adding small games onto the discs or possibly replicating old shareware GUIs.

The only problem is I've never even posted anything before so I have to figure that out.

[MediocreMetastasis]

also idk where to find those traditional floppy disks in my area ngl

All my can find is ebay listings ranging from 10 - 100 bucks so it's a gamble if I can get a good deal on floppies.

EDIT

would b interested if international mail isn't so goddamn expensive

With Floppies and Cds I believe you can send them via letters instead of parcels.
It's cheaper for me and might be for you also.
EDIT 2
Actually nvm. I didn't consider they might be too thick

[TheFrugalGamer]

would b interested if international mail isn't so goddamn expensive    also idk where to find those traditional floppy disks in my area ngl

Yeah, that's why I put forth CDs as an alternative, although I'm more intrigued by the smaller limitation myself.

As for sourcing the disks, I usually pick them up in lots on eBay, though I can send some out if needed.

[xx_roryriot_xx]

That would be so cool! I'm actually working on buying a CD burner and some blanks right now. Due to my lack of resources I unfortunately wouldn't be able to participate on the floppy disk end of things, though. Either way, I really hope I remember this so I can participate if you do start it. -Dirk