[Asrg] FeedBack loops

[Jose Celestino]

Words by SM [Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:16:01AM -0800]:
> At 10:00 12-11-2008, J.D. Falk wrote:
>> If a statistically valid sample of an ISP's users (as processed by their own
>> user reputation systems) think something is spam, why would that ISP
>> disagree?
>
> That's an interesting question.
>
>> I know it's a big shift in thinking from the classic anti-spammer attitude,
>> particularly the pornography test (I know it when I see it.)  But, it's a
>> shift that all of the big ISPs have already made: they'll listen to their
>> users before they'll listen to random external parties.
>
> The pornography test is a way to avoid having to deal with the end-user's 
> definition of spam.  I'm going to give an example based on your first 
> question.  I'm subscribed to this mailing list.  Due to the high volume of 
> list traffic, I no longer want to receive the emails.  I click on a button 
> in my MUA to report the email as spam (it's unwanted).  A feedback report 
> is sent to the mailing list owner with all user identifiers removed.  
> There are ways around that but let's not get into that.  How does the 
> mailing list owner deal with the problem?
>

What problem? It seems the user is the one with a problem. There are
ways to unsubscribe as there were to subscribe.

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