The site itself is comedic relief at the expense of other peoples' crazy, which is by no means an endangered commodity. Even without the fanfare of a big publicized launch, the two day-old site is already pulling in mind-blowing traffic. Huh tells us that within the first 30 hours alone, Emails From Crazy People saw 1 million page views.
It's not surprising that the self-explanatory site is a hit with us web types — we all get emails from crazy people that, at surface value, are hilarious in their nonsensical nature. Case in point, one of today's emails, Everyone Loves a Party, shows a frustratingly funny email exchange of misunderstanding (or not) between a guy throwing a house warming party and another guy who thinks he's invited, and so invites his uninvited friends as well. It's just one example of the emails from crazy people that land in inboxes across the world, and Huh and team are hoping to bring that crazy to light with the site and your submissions.
I spent a few minutes chatting with Huh about Emails From Crazy People, and he tell us that the idea for the site came from everyday work life, and the frequency of emails received that are absolutely unintelligible. The concept took two months to come to life, and the name was always a primary focus. The goal was to create something that would make people laugh, site unseen. They also wanted a name that was immediately shareable and understandable to those exposed to a tweet about the site. Nicely done guys.
Huh and team were also initially planning to keep it under the radar until they had received more user submissions. But a request for content on their hit property, FAIL Blog, pretty much determined that Emails From Crazy People would be an instant meme, and they're now doing everything in their power to handle the crazy influx of traffic already coming their way.
We'll certainly be keeping our eye on the site, if not just for laughs, but to also see how "crazy" people will respond to their emails being on display for the whole world to enjoy. In response to a question on whether or not they expect any backlash, Huh half-jokingly wondered, "What is the legality of email sent from one crazy person to another, and then published on the web?" and, "Can crazy people be organized?"