full-disclosure - Re: [RFC] Very Low Signal to Noise Ratio on FD

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:55:14 +0100
From: Steve Lord <slord@...dalorian.com>
To: Anders B Jansson <hdw@...listi.se>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [RFC] Very Low Signal to Noise Ratio on FD

Anders B Jansson wrote:
> Od Orf wrote:
>> On a personal level, I have tried in the past to filter out posts
>> which fail to meet certain criteria using both blacklists and
>> whitelists of content keywords.  I've found these to be ineffective in
> Just filter out all messages with the phrase "n3td3v" in adress, subject or
> body and you'll get very close to a functional FD list.
> 
> A large majority of the noise is either from, replying to or mentioning that keyword.

You'd be amazed at how good that works. Even just filtering n3td3v's
comments allows you to watch the drama unfold through the responses,
something I'm sure many find more entertaining than the source.

-- 
Steve Lord
Mandalorian Security Services

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