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xnx ◴[] No.42138885[source]
Seems like the logical endpoint of a lot of this is people getting paid directly for their attention. Want to call me? I've set a price of $5/call that I answer, and an additional $10/minute of listen time after the first 10 seconds. Want to send me an email? $1/email and $5/100 words. Anyone I have emailed is automatically on my allow-list, which I can also adjust manually.
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bawolff ◴[] No.42139522[source]
If you have already sorted the world between people you want to take calls from and people you don't, why wouldn't you just block the people you don't want instead of charging them money?
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xnx ◴[] No.42139780[source]
My attention is valuable. I should be able to sell it on my terms.
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bawolff ◴[] No.42140688[source]
Is it though? Like it might be valuable to you, but i doubt its valuable to anyone else in a phone call situation and both parties need to find value to make a sale.

Like if you are interested in the convo then you should be paying the other person as you are getting value from the convo.

What's the situation where you don't care about the convo but for the right price you could care, and the other party also thinks that price is reasonable? Like maybe if someone is trying to recruit you i guess, but the situations where that is true seem very few and far between (and we already have a system for that, where traditionally someone offers to buy you a meal in exchange for listening)

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ethbr1 ◴[] No.42142057[source]
> What's the situation where you don't care about the convo but for the right price you could care, and the other party also thinks that price is reasonable?

Minimally targeted advertising.

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1. bawolff ◴[] No.42145111[source]
Why would the other party think the price would be reasonable? Like the entire point of minimally targeted ads is to spray and prey.

Like if you assume a CPM of $2, that means $0.002 per phone call. Would you really find that acceptable?

If the answer is no, then you aren't really accepting payment,you are just blocking people with extra steps. No different than if you said you will accept a phone call for a billion dollars. You aren't really accepting something for payment if you set a price that nobody will pay.