> As a website operator I don’t want a mob of bots draining my resources
so charge for access. If the value the site provides is high, surely these mobs will pay for it! It will also remove the mis-incentives of advertising driven revenues, which has been the ill of the internet (despite it being the primary revenue source).
And if a bot misbehaves by consuming inordinate amounts of resources, rate limiting them with increasing timeouts or limits.
I wish the internet had figured out a way to successfully handle micropayments for content access. I realize companies have tried and perhaps the consumer is just unwilling but I would love an experience where I have a wallet and pay n cents to read an article.
Xanadu has it in its design. maybe another 500 years until it surpasses the WWW :O
You are seriously suggesting to put a payment requirement on a contact-us form page?
We put a captcha there, because without it, bots submit thousands of spam contact us forms.