Quick check (I think Jacob should update the OP since I think a couple people have made this interpretation) – the service Jacob uses only charges people if you respond to their email. Curious if that changes your take on the situation?
I’m sorry, I didn’t understand that. Yes, this answers my objection (although it might cause other problems like make me less likely to answer “sorry, I can’t do that” compared to just ghosting someone)
Not saying there’s an existing service that does this, but this sounds like a pretty important use case for such a service to have. I think it’d be good for such services to have a button that’s like “hey, read this but don’t think it makes sense. Bye.” (I could imagine having that button charge a smaller amount or something)
(That said, I’m not sure this whole equilibrium actually makes sense. I don’t personally feel the need to use it)
This doesn’t seem to solve the problem, which is compensating someone for the attention to evaluate if your email is worth responding to. If I’m sending a substantive response, I’m probably glad I got the e-mail.
I assume this is done to keep people from soliciting lots of email solely for the money, but it doesn’t solve that problem, since you can always send a pro-forma response.
Quick check (I think Jacob should update the OP since I think a couple people have made this interpretation) – the service Jacob uses only charges people if you respond to their email. Curious if that changes your take on the situation?
I’m sorry, I didn’t understand that. Yes, this answers my objection (although it might cause other problems like make me less likely to answer “sorry, I can’t do that” compared to just ghosting someone)
I also don’t know if “this answers my objection” means “oh, then I’d use it” or “other problems still seem to big” (though I’d bet on the latter).
Not saying there’s an existing service that does this, but this sounds like a pretty important use case for such a service to have. I think it’d be good for such services to have a button that’s like “hey, read this but don’t think it makes sense. Bye.” (I could imagine having that button charge a smaller amount or something)
(That said, I’m not sure this whole equilibrium actually makes sense. I don’t personally feel the need to use it)
This doesn’t seem to solve the problem, which is compensating someone for the attention to evaluate if your email is worth responding to. If I’m sending a substantive response, I’m probably glad I got the e-mail.
I assume this is done to keep people from soliciting lots of email solely for the money, but it doesn’t solve that problem, since you can always send a pro-forma response.
Updated the OP to clarify this. Will hold off on replying until I know whether this changes Scott’s mind or not!