Re: Good Domain List one step closer to reality (actually two steps)

On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 02:38:09PM -0700, Jonathan Gardner wrote:
> The point is to raise the costs of spamming. If they have to pay $300 to 
> obtain a real domain name to spam with, then that is $300 more than before. 
> If we raise the costs, there is less incentive to spam. If we can raise the 
> cost to exceed the revenue, then no one will ever spam again unless they 
> are really stupid.
>
> With both reputation and accreditation services, the spammers have to spend 
> money, time, or effort to get a positive rating. That is something they 
> didn't have to do before. Will it be enough to prevent spamming? Maybe not. 
> Will it raise the costs sufficiently that spamming will be significantly 
> reduced? Very likely.
Only, the knife cuts at two sides here: not only the cost for spammers
is increased. The cost is also increased for normal, trustworthy small
companies. I resent the idea that you only are trustworthy if you can
cough up the dough. I know this makes perfect sense in a capitalistic
mindset, but i think it's despicable.

Koen

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