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NancyLebovitz comments on Is Google Paperclipping the Web? The Perils of Optimization by Proxy in Social Systems - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 May 2010 04:19:33PM 2 points [-]

I expectt there would still be a range of spam-- crude spam only needs a very low success rate to continue to be produced-- so you'll still want your filters.

Comment author: SilasBarta 11 May 2010 04:27:07PM 2 points [-]

Eh, I was just going for a zinger. You're right, it would be more accurate to say, "I don't want my inbox to call that spam!"