Eric Hughes wrote:
This afternoon I considered starting the initial delay at one minute and incrementing the delay by one minute each time a message gets delayed. Perhaps the increment would be 15 or 30 seconds--whatever. The point is that the delay would ease in slowly and folks would get a chance to adjust.
A concrete basis for comment. I post about 4 messages a day to the Cypherpunks list. Many others post less than 1 per day, some only 1 every week or so. (And so on.) Effects on Active Posters (4 or so per day): 4 x 15 seconds = 1 minute after the first day = 30 minutes after the first month = 3 hours after the first 6 months = 6 hours after the first year (Double these numbers if the "30 seconds" figure is used.) Effects on Casual Posters: 2 per week x 15 seconds = 30 seconds after the first week = 2 minutes after the first month = 24 minutes after the first year Pretty clearly, casual posters would not be significantly affected, while active posters would be. The desired intent? I doubt it. But typical of mechanistic attempts to modify behavior. (Yes, seen on the Extropians list.) --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Cypherpunks list: majordomo@toad.com with body message of only: subscribe cypherpunks. FAQ available at ftp.netcom.com in pub/tcmay