I was originally thinking that putting this in monetary terms would cause the rich to have an inordinate advantage for free speech. Then I realized that the lar

I was originally thinking that putting this in monetary terms would cause the rich to have an inordinate advantage for free speech. Then I realized that the larger their speech reach, maybe the larger their financial penalty (taking the example of spam). But then in that case, it still simply becomes a case of who can afford it. It's like defending against a DDOS attack, it depends on who has the bigger pipe. Agree that getting the mechanics for social networks would be hard. Not sure if financial mechanisms are the answer (not saying you're saying that). It puts a price on speech. There has to be a better way.