# USPS

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/united-states-postal-service/

5 people recommended USPS in Hacker News comments and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for efficient, good service and for mail that people actually see, though critics call it a spam operation that has outlived its usefulness.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Efficient, good service (3 comments in the sample): "the post office - which is a pretty efficient operation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601568)) "It provides the best service of all of them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47625200)) "continues to provide good service" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125830))

## What people warn about

- Junk mail and scam mailings (2 comments in the sample): "The US Postal Service is the basis of an entire huge industry devoted to finding you at your physical location to try to scam you." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184322)) "They are a spam company that has outlived its usefulness, if ever it had any." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47184316))

## What people recommend instead

- [UPS shipping](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ups/): 5 recommend, 5 mixed, 30 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.usps.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "USPS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/united-states-postal-service/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 5 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.