[Asrg] FeedBack loops

[Steve Atkins]

On Nov 13, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Bart Schaefer wrote:

> On Nov 13,  8:21am, Steve Atkins wrote:
> }
> } If it's the word "spam" that's causing you to waste so much
> } time over this issue then forget that word. Read it as "mail
> } the recipient doesn't want", stop sending that mail to that
> } recipient and move on.
>
> The distinction, of course, is between mail that a specific recipient
> doesn't want, and mail that may be presumed unwanted by others.
>
>
> The problem is with the application of that information by the entity
> generating the feedback, and whether that entity trusts user X to make
> decisions on behalf of user Y.

We're not talking about application of that information by the
entity generating the feedback, so this is irrelevant
to feedback loops.

We're talking about use by the entity receiving the feedback
(typically the sender of the mail that is being reported).

ISPs with a TiS button do use the data for things other than
feedback loops, of course, but that's a completely
different subject and really shouldn't be intermingled
with this one.

Cheers,
   Steve