patrick patrickstealthgeeksnet wed 14 aug 2002 oates isaac wrote im new razor studied trust systems ive following threads tes thoughts first complex algorithm always better soon start accounting edge cases otherwise generalized algorithm general performance begins degrade exponentially thing razor going numbers say razor 100000 people actively use ie click spam button mail reader time time decide objective screen 990 spam means continue show appears piece spam 1000 people still meet objective wait 1000 people vote piece mail indeed spam ever acknowledging could potentially spam words razorreport message able tell razor ever even seen message system ineffective varying degree simplistic view would 999 subscribers received piece spam could otherwise avoided reality likely many many individuals would received piece spam factor report times server pretend never seen avoid people rereport spam already marked spam something completely useless wrong razorcheck tell specific piece mail matches something already database system pretend never seen piece mail propose people use system filtering revocations revocation fact substantial number people 1000 example already decided want message marked spam people people start revoking mean means revokers opinion probably doesnt mesh majority means people revoking different opinion 1000 people submitted spam rather 1000 people reported message spam constitute majority something would determined context individual message instead messing rating put whitelist want zdnet mail people think zdnet mail plain annoying cant whitelist instead arguing everyone whether spam always ability correct im wrong mail zdnet banned futurejust one piece zdnet change system make easier opt whatever people would hopefully start unsubscribing instead clicking spam button opinion job unsubscribe list havent subscribed necessarily best interest given parties sending unwanted communications may utilize unsubscribe request method determining mailing valid address inherent problem course someone pretend 1000 people block anything choose say still lightweight trust system built agree majority though couldnt known razor hadnt acknowledged anything yet trust rating goes vice versa key order reliable need numbers missing see patrick greenwell asking wrong questions leading cause wrong answers sfnet email sponsored dice leading online job board hightech professionals search apply tech jobs today httpseekerdicecomseekereplrel_code31 _______________________________________________ razorusers mailing list razoruserslistssourceforgenet httpslistssourceforgenetlistslistinforazorusers wed 14 aug 2002 141256 0700 pdt razorusers many vs one