USPS
Shipping service
Recommended for efficient, good service and for mail that people actually see, though critics call it a spam operation that has outlived its usefulness.
Recommended for efficient, good service and for mail that people actually see, though critics call it a spam operation that has outlived its usefulness.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Efficient, good service
“the post office - which is a pretty efficient operation”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Postal Arbitrage” “It provides the best service of all of them.”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Amazon to add 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge as Iran war raises energy prices” “continues to provide good service”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Junk mail and scam mailings
“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.”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “Breaking Free” “They are a spam company that has outlived its usefulness, if ever it had any.”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “Breaking Free”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPS shipping | 10 | 32 | 24% | 5 | — | — |
| USPSThis page | 5 | 5 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“overbearing, petty nonsense that one can reasonably predict from this decade’s administration of the U.S. federal postal service”
“I can't imagine the economic value something like USPS brings to the country”
“Mail delivery service is not a public good. It's both excludable and rivalrous.”
“International shipping, even to countries a few kilometres from Dover is now handled by US Postal Service.”
“continues to provide good service”
“It provides the best service of all of them.”
“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.”
“They are a spam company that has outlived its usefulness, if ever it had any.”
“the post office - which is a pretty efficient operation”
“People do not get much mail, so if you send it, someone might actually see it.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.