alt Hacker News> Turns out, the email gods hate that. To keep a sending IP “warm” and maintain deliverability, you’re expected to send constantly. Like… all the time.
That's funny, it reminds me of the US credit history system that I discovered for the few years I lived in that strange country.
For me, having no debt is the gold standard of being a trustable person to lend money to. You'll be the only company I'll owe money, surely I won't have any issue paying you! But no: in the US system you need to constantly borrow money to prove that you're good at paying it back...
> For me, having no debt is the gold standard of being a trustable person to lend money to. You'll be the only company I'll owe money, surely I won't have any issue paying you! But no: in the US system you need to constantly borrow money to prove that you're good at paying it back...
The "peak" situation for someone in the US credit card system is a bunch of cards that have been open for years, no new cards, a single used credit card with a low balance relative to credit limit, and an instalment loan/mortgage.
But yeah, people need to put at least a dollar on one of their cards every month to maintain this.