Would you Warranty Your Email?

Kurt writes "A team from the University of Michigan is proposing an economic solution to spam. Instead of relying on technical solutions or government regulations, they use a sender warranty system. In some cases, they argue, it can even be superior to a perfect filter with zero cost, and no errors. Their working paper is available at SSRN. With the caveat that some infrastructure is necessary (isn't it always?), they also claim their approach restores control to the recipient, halts spam, and creates a marketplace for valuable information exchange."

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Re:How to Be an American

[Anonymous Coward]

9 - Get rid of that small, economical car and get a chromium plated jukebox that does four miles to the gallon.

Who metamoderates the metamoderators?

[Cid Highwind]

You system would work, except that trolls metamod in far greater numbers than subscribers.

It would be easier for you (and other like-minded subscribers) to set a +5 bonus for subscriber posts in your user prefs, and not screw up the moderation system for us non-subscribing peons.