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Why wouldn't I claim a bond on every e-mail I received from e.g. google and twitter?
by munin 12y ago
Why wouldn't I claim a bond on every e-mail I received from e.g. google and twitter?
- nhaehnle 12y agoWhy not, indeed. The question is whether that would be a bad thing. It could serve as a great signal to those companies that they shouldn't send you any email.
- rmc 12y agoWhat about, say emails from police or courts, who legally required to contact you, and you don't want to receive it?
- icebraining 12y agoWhat about it? If you claimed the bonds, they'd just require you to pay them back, possibly with interest.
- wpietri 12y agoThen they would stop sending you email. And, presumably, close your accounts. My guess is that high-reputation places wouldn't feel obliged to offer large bonds, or wouldn't offer any bonds on communications for established relationships. They wouldn't have to, because their mail gets through. The bonds would be much more useful for senders with deliverability or attention issues. That is, individuals, small companies, and new companies. It could also be great for marketing. If somebody's willing to bet $20 that their email is interesting enough to me that I won't collect the bond, I'd be interested to read it.