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>>chwtut+(OP)
It should just be $1 to submit PR.

If PR is good, maintainer refunds you ;)

I noticed the same thing in communication. Communication is now so frictionless, that almost all the communication I receive is low quality. If it cost more to communicate, the quality would increase.

But the value of low quality communication is not zero: it is actively harmful, because it eats your time.

>>andai+PR1
in the 90s, before bayesian spam filtering, Microsoft proposed a proof of work for email along these lines. it would cost the server a few cents per message to sign and send emails, so spammers would not be able to afford spam, but regular senders could handle a small fee per day.