Assuming Spammer Bob knows exactly how the TeS system works, he knows the most effective ways to artificially increase his score, and to decrease the scores of others. I'm not going to detail the exact details of how to abuse this power, but the astute thinker should be able to figure out the basics.
It is possible to make the system somewhat resistant to such abuses, but it's nearly impossible to make the system effective at weeding out bad submitters and trusting of good submitters without making it easily abused.
At 11:26 AM 10/28/2002 -0500, Rob wrote:
[This is presumably a frequently asked question, but I read the FAQ, and spent a couple of hours looking through the archives to no avail, so here goes]How exactly does the TeS algorithm work? I know at a base level, the more spam you submit that other people also agree is spam, the higher your trust level in the system is, but I want to know more of the details. I've looked through the online docs, and a good chunk of the client source, but haven't found any details on it. Is the algorithm intentionally obfuscated to prevent misuse? I saw in the FAQ that people can't even determine their own TeS levels yet. What are the issues involved in telling people their TeS levels? Thanks! - Rob
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