Comments on: Project Omnivore: Declassified http://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/ MailChimp, email marketing, and monkeys! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diseño Web Tenerifehttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-38373 Diseño Web Tenerife Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:30:37 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-38373 Good Work Monkeys! Good Work Monkeys!

]]> By: Benhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-18560 Ben Fri, 27 May 2011 18:27:51 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-18560 Our system suspends accounts, then it goes into a queue for human review. It's up to a human on our compliance team to make the decision to permanently shut down an account or not, and the process involves asking the customer certain questions about their list management practices. It's only under extreme circumstances that an account is completely shut down by an algorithm. Our system suspends accounts, then it goes into a queue for human review. It’s up to a human on our compliance team to make the decision to permanently shut down an account or not, and the process involves asking the customer certain questions about their list management practices. It’s only under extreme circumstances that an account is completely shut down by an algorithm.

]]> By: bitmaphttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-18557 bitmap Fri, 27 May 2011 16:44:55 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-18557 I wish you can share Omnivore's scores with false positives. I wish you can share Omnivore’s scores with false positives.

]]> By: Myronhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-18540 Myron Fri, 27 May 2011 04:12:13 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-18540 It's great to see what MailChimp is doing with this concept. Not only is it good for MailChimp, but more importantly it's good for the people that use MailChimp's services.But I hope that MailChimp continues to keep humans in the loop as the final decision authority. Robbie's comment above is a good reminder that even the perception of an automated account shutdown is not good. It’s great to see what MailChimp is doing with this concept. Not only is it good for MailChimp, but more importantly it’s good for the people that use MailChimp’s services.

But I hope that MailChimp continues to keep humans in the loop as the final decision authority. Robbie’s comment above is a good reminder that even the perception of an automated account shutdown is not good.

]]> By: Arlen Thurberhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-18527 Arlen Thurber Thu, 26 May 2011 23:22:49 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-18527 So that was a year and a half ago, Has this thing changed it's name to skynet yet? Awesome, project! So that was a year and a half ago, Has this thing changed it’s name to skynet yet? Awesome, project!

]]> By: Nickhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-18526 Nick Thu, 26 May 2011 23:07:01 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-18526 I'd be interested in knowing how this improves over time. An estimated open rate of 5 to 40% pretty much describes any campaign these days. Only a totally outstanding campaign will see over 40% open rate and you'd have to churn out a boatload of dreck to see under 5%.How did you model your fitness function to know you're not getting overly broad results? I’d be interested in knowing how this improves over time. An estimated open rate of 5 to 40% pretty much describes any campaign these days. Only a totally outstanding campaign will see over 40% open rate and you’d have to churn out a boatload of dreck to see under 5%.

How did you model your fitness function to know you’re not getting overly broad results?

]]> By: Robbiehttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-18525 Robbie Thu, 26 May 2011 22:58:58 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-18525 Omnivore is slick, but as a former user, my single biggest complaint about Mailchimp is that they enable automated shutdowns--described here--without providing humans to entertain responses from "ignorant" customers on the receiving end. It's pretty rough when Omnivore halts your autoresponders and there's no one on the other end to help. Omnivore is slick, but as a former user, my single biggest complaint about Mailchimp is that they enable automated shutdowns–described here–without providing humans to entertain responses from “ignorant” customers on the receiving end. It’s pretty rough when Omnivore halts your autoresponders and there’s no one on the other end to help.

]]> By: Benhttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-17788 Ben Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:50:43 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-17788 Darn, looks like that broke when we moved our blog. Fixed now. Thanks! Darn, looks like that broke when we moved our blog. Fixed now. Thanks!

]]> By: Matthew Harrishttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-17772 Matthew Harris Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:53:53 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-17772 FYI SpamAssassin link near top of this link is broken. FYI SpamAssassin link near top of this link is broken.

]]> By: Measuring Deliverability | MailChimp Email Marketing Bloghttp://blog.mailchimp.com/project-omnivore-declassified/#comment-14817 Measuring Deliverability | MailChimp Email Marketing Blog Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:56:14 +0000 http://blog.mailchimp.com/?p=5676#comment-14817 [...] incentives for spammers to use our system if we couldn’t filter them out.  The other was Project Omnivore, the advanced anti-spam system designed to protect our email system against those problems.  Since [...] [...] incentives for spammers to use our system if we couldn’t filter them out.  The other was Project Omnivore, the advanced anti-spam system designed to protect our email system against those problems.  Since [...]

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