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well, yeah, that's how the algorithms work... by using a training dataset where a human actually says "is spam." And as for the "is spam" button... a given ema
by encoderer 16y ago
well, yeah, that's how the algorithms work... by using a training dataset where a human actually says "is spam."
And as for the "is spam" button... a given email isn't automatically added to the spam training dataset the minute 1 guy hits the spam button. it goes automatically into YOUR spam folder but not automatically into the training dataset. That takes many "votes" from many users.
- bad_user 16y agoThat's why I would be happy with a personal spam filter: training by users' votes can be gamed, and producing false positives can take legitimate websites out of business. I see there are some browser plugins floating around: I'm not happy with those because I use multiple workstations, and because hacking around a product's deficiencies is not "voting with my wallet".