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Re: [Asrg] Economic model is borken. (sic.) Let's fix it

2003-03-08 08:03:47
At 9:07 AM -0500 3/8/03, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
problem has been solved with stamps. I know I'm sounding like a broken record (or will very shortly). The model is if you filter for stamps, then a robot can attach a stamp to an auto response and it will get to your inbox. It's

1. What is the incentive for a company to add a stamp? You initiated the transaction, and now you are charging them to communicate with you about it. Why won't they just add a disclaimer to the site telling you that you should let there stuff through?

2. If they do automatically add a stamp, what keeps me from abusing that fact by continuously generating non-paying transactions which require responses?

(If you've got an FAQ on these things somewhere, feel free to point me at it.)
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Kee Hinckley
http://www.puremessaging.com/        Junk-Free Email Filtering
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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