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I understand what you're saying re: postage stamps, but I'm not sure they're as effective as you think in terms of combatting scale. Something like 100 billion pieces of junk mail are sent in the US each year. I wonder if instead of something like a stamp, there are volume limitations on posts/email/etc which make it extremely cost prohibitive past a certain point?
I understand what you're saying re: postage stamps, but I'm not sure they're as effective as you think in terms of combatting scale. Something like 100 billion pieces of junk mail are sent in the US each year. I wonder if instead of something like a stamp, there are volume limitations on posts/email/etc which make it extremely cost prohibitive past a certain point?
Love this direction of thought.
Had the thought that shitposting would die if you had to pay to post and that made me chuckle