[spam-stopper] Long-term plans

[Matt Mullenweg]

Assuming this whole things works, and we don't know if it will yet, I'm 
still figuring out how to make it self-sustaining in the long term.

The obvious answer is to have it be a paid-only service, so all costs 
are covered from the beginning, but I really feel like the web needs 
serious help with comment spam, and charging for basic protection isn't 
going to make the web a better place.

I would be more comfortable with something where it was free for regular 
people, and only businesses or enterprises paid (enough to support 
everybody).

There may be "keys" or accounts at some point to prevent abuse.

However the plugin and API are designed to be pretty easy to recreate, 
so if someone wanted to run their own spam service they could easily.

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Matt Mullenweg
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