#michellesterling — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #michellesterling, aggregated by home.social.
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"'People are being more nostalgic about the early web', [Andrew Smales] said, 'and part of me feels like maybe in five or 10 years that might be a thing. I think it's probably too early now, but if somebody revived LiveJournal, I could see old web making a comeback.'.
Maybe Smales will be right."
#MichelleSterling, 2014
10 years on, it's pretty hard to deny that Smales was bang on. Even then, the #IndieWeb and early fediverse had already been around for a few years.
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"[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
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;
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"[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
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;
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"[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
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;
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"[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
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;