this was part of a little saas tool i was building (since retired it) so spent some time today having an LLM help me pull it into a headless service. far from perfect but sharing anyway. details in readme!

That would make not-refunding culturally crass unless it was warranted.

With manual options for:

0. (Default, refund)

1. (Default refund) + Auto-send discouragement response. (But allow it.)

2. (Default refund) + Block.

3. Do not refund

4. Do not refund + Auto-send discouragement response.

5. Do not refund + Block.

6. Do not refund + Block + Report SPAM (Boom!)

And typically use $1 fee, to discourage spam.

And $10 fee, for important, open, but high frequency addresses, as that covers the cost of reviewing high throughput email, so useful email did get identified and reviewed. (With the low quality communication subsidizing the high quality communication.)

The latter would be very useful in enabling in-demand contact doors to remain completely open, without being overwhelmed. Think of a CEO or other well known person, who does want an open channel of feedback from anyone, ideally, but is going to have to have someone vet feedback for the most impactful comments, and summarize any important trend in the rest. $10 strongly disincentives low quality communication, and covers the cost of getting value out of communication (for everyone).

Might be worth strongly suggesting a check, at permission time.

But I am sure you are right.

Maybe receivers don't get the money. They just get to burn whoever is sending them email they don't want? A thought anyway.

* "amateaur" meaning independantly wealthy, or supported by patron or state.

It's rare to see a kid from the lowest demographics on the gymnast team unless they've been scouted and picked up by a state or national institute.

Similarly horse racing is about the fastest horse with a certified pedigree.

It's about the bloodline, the trainers, the owners, and not about a Waler that can run four miles into a machine gun nest.

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