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Again, that's not how spam filters actually work in the real world. They hardly care about message contents. They care about how many spam reports users file an
by revelio 4y ago
Again, that's not how spam filters actually work in the real world. They hardly care about message contents. They care about how many spam reports users file and those are weighed against non-reported messages for any stable identity like phone number, sending domain name, etc.
Spam meanwhile is defined as messages users don't want. If users can't tell the difference between spam and non-spam then, by definition, the messages are not spam.
If you send lots of "legit" messages to people who don't want them you'll be reported as a spammer and get banned. Doesn't matter what the messages say.
- faeyanpiraat 4y agoOh sorry, I missed a part, and you are misunderstanding me. I understand you know how real world spam filters work, but this is a different use case. I'm not trying to generate spam, I'm talking about an IM app, where you have your contacts, and you can talk with each other and only see the legit messages. I can elaborate, but please continue in a non-adversarial way if possible.
- ryanwaggoner 4y agoBut the IM client will need a way to differentiate the noise messages from the ones intended for the human recipient. Whatever denotes a message as being intended for humans can also be used by the surveillance apparatus to ignore the noise messages.