From ea6004557a7d4da73431d6ca178f6725bcda1c75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:14:16 +0200 Subject: email: add note about Seth Godin's podcast about paid stamps --- email.bib | 7 +++++++ rethinking-email.md | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/email.bib b/email.bib index bf45cd0..fdfecb3 100644 --- a/email.bib +++ b/email.bib @@ -23,4 +23,11 @@ title = {Daniel J. Bernstein's IM2000 email proposal is not a good idea}, year = {2020}, url = {https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/IM2000NotGoodIdea}, +} + +@post{godinstamps, + author = {Seth Godin}, + title = {Paying for stamps}, + year = {2020}, + url = {https://overcast.fm/+L0YXXVXfY}, } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/rethinking-email.md b/rethinking-email.md index 4fb7e1e..e274a69 100644 --- a/rethinking-email.md +++ b/rethinking-email.md @@ -190,7 +190,14 @@ The scam problem can be stated as follows: The idea for stamps comes to me from [@fedispam], who seems to have gotten it from Christopher Lemmer Webber and Taler, and who knows where -it originated from. +it originated from. + +[@godinstamps] also discusses his idea of paid stamps for email, +originally from late 1980s or early 1990s, with the idea that low +volumes are free, but after that you pay a "penny" per email. I'm not +really happy with the exact solution suggested, as it doesn't provide +the recipient from a way to avoid unsolicited junk from arriving, but +the podcast is part of a discussion. ## Digital identities -- cgit v1.2.1