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  1. "[Dairyland.com founder Andrew ]Smales requires new users to pay a one-time $2 activation fee to prove they're not a spammer."

    #MichelleSterling, 2014

    vice.com/en/article/jp5vdg/the

    Clever.

    Imagine if every responsible email host in the world did this. It could have a similar effect to those 'digital stamp' proposals - tiny charges for sending email aimed at reducing spam - but without the unavoidable friction of avoidable micropayments;

    freakonomics.com/2009/02/blnk/

    #SpamPrevention #AccountCreation