-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 12:42:58PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[...] > I believe the design of that button is flawed. > It *ONLY* asks if respondent considers that message to be "SPAM". This is the button's task. It's stating: "hey, listmasters: look over here". So be considerate, you're generating work... for people making the world a better place for us all. > It DOES *NOT*: > 1. ask for confirmation. > 2. ask WHY message should be considered spam. > Also, it does not apparently record *WHO* flagged a message as "spam". > I verified that point by experiment. > > There ONE person on this list who routinely disagrees with me. > I chose one of his most spurious posts. > Using https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/... I viewed one of his > sillier replies. > I chose to report it as spam. That would be a misuse of said button. > That was apparent end of the evaluation process. > I'm *NOT* suggesting that the poser should be banned. > He occasionally posts useful comments. There's a lot of fringe-offtopic stuff in this list. But since that is a very subjective judgement, it seems better that it's tolerated. Spam is something coming from nowhere, having nothing to do with this list. > Who/What is appropriate authority to address suggestions for > improving the situation. The listmasters. But -- before piling work upon them, please try to think about it in a constructive way. This list is very tolerant by design. It's upon all of us to try to deal with it in a helpful way. regards - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlj6aN0ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kbjigCfeTStapfIVV+AvBvaNy9uaAh4 f5gAnjTJscLSoFTbIoJL2WLdNDbFbKqt =D45j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----