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Easy solution: enable a configurable monetary barrier. People who want notes from strangers can set it low, people who don't can set the price higher. Hey, Ba

by xapata 6y ago

Easy solution: enable a configurable monetary barrier. People who want notes from strangers can set it low, people who don't can set the price higher. Hey, Basecamp, can you make that feature for me?

aeternum 6y ago
Interestingly, this is where the proof-of-work idea for Bitcoin likely came from (hashcash). Basically prove you've done X amount of CPU work in order to send me an e-mail.
- xapata 6y ago
  Yeah, but I don't want you to waste electricity. Just send me the money instead of the utility company.
- DavidSJ 6y ago
  The Bitcoin whitepaper directly cites Hashcash. [1] [1] https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
plantain 6y ago
I run a web service with email validation, and a nontrivial number of users' validation emails bounce with a request to click some link to pay some money in order to email the user. Sometimes I get the same responding to support requests from users. I suspect these same users wonder why such a large fraction of their online interactions/signups don't work...
- xapata 6y ago
  Strange. You'd think they'd be aware of the features of the email service they signed up for.