Chuq Von Rospach (chuq@apple.com) Apple IS&T Mail List Gnome writes:
> At 8:38 PM -0800 2/4/97, Brad Knowles wrote:
> >The fact that AOL has a credit card number for
> >you (that EquiFax, TRW, and those other credit-clearinghouses
> >consider valid) doesn't mean much to those people you harass.
>
> Yeah. There's the rub. Is there some way users in their first period of
> using a screen name can be considered probationary with a reduction in
> accessible services? Allow them to only send certain numbers of email a
> day, say? I don't think it's unreasonable that when an account is
> created or a screen name added that it be handled more carefully until
> it's shown not to be a spammer or a space case. It could even be
> marketed in terms of "hand holding while you get your feet on the
> ground" and made to look like a positive to the new users... (grin)
>
This seems to be a valid model other businesses have adopted. Blockbuster
Video will only rent 3 tapes at a time for the first 20 rentals. Many
merchants will not accept "starter checks." If you do not have an established
record with most untilities they will want a special deposit, etc.
-phil
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