Abstract: Strategic modifications in traffic shaping, load balancing or the like are associated with the managing of aspects or characteristics of the transfer of data communications in a network environment. The present system is directed to changing the way humans interact with data communications technologies; and circumstantially to effecting modifications in those automated portions of data communications systems which are sensitive to response time metrics. This changing is accomplished through the introduction of selective increasing of delay in response time which serves to pedagogically discourage human users of data communications systems from economically disadvantageous interactions.