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Paying to write someone (ie, physical mail) was the standard for all communication before we had widespread telefax/internet messaging adoption. I don't know ho
by c7b 7mo ago
Paying to write someone (ie, physical mail) was the standard for all communication before we had widespread telefax/internet messaging adoption. I don't know how bad the spam problem was there, but the concept doesn't strike me as being necessarily awful. What's your concern?
- stingraycharles 7mo agoThe concern is that free alternatives exist now, so you have to explain to people the value they get out of paying to contact me.
- grey-area 7mo agoThat’s not quite the same - you were paying for delivery by a third party, and you still do that when you pay for your email provider. This is pay to play to contact someone - more akin to donors paying politicians for access at a dinner.
- mystifyingpoi 7mo ago> I don't know how bad the spam problem was there For every legit paper mail, I've had 5-10 garbage leaflet advertisements shoved into my mailbox by half-legally working teenagers earning $1-2/h in exchange for everyone's annoyance. 99% of these went into trash immediately without looking.