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I think he meant a paywall, kind of like how some services don't waste their time offering free accounts and receiving tons of support requests. Billy Gates al
by vim_wannabe 9y ago
I think he meant a paywall, kind of like how some services don't waste their time offering free accounts and receiving tons of support requests.
Billy Gates also famously pondered charging a fee for sending email to reduce spam.
- krapp 9y agoPaying for an account also leads people to feel they're entitled to do whatever they like with it, which might be counterproductive to encouraging civility.
- jhanschoo 9y agoI’ve more commonly heard anecdotes to the opposite conclusion; receivers of free work often value it little and feel entitled to request improvements, while paying users value the service enough to pay.