On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, Robert Boyle wrote:
someone who can help. I wish abuse was used as intended instead of my every idiot programmer and script writer for their own "helpful" stuff we never asked for nor does it help us at all nor does it help the users.
Unfortunately that is a problem with every public reporting channel. Most 9-1-1 (or your national equivalent) centers report a majority of their calls are non-emergencies. In many cities the police will not respond to automatic dialers calling 9-1-1 because of the extremely high false reporting rate, or put them at a very low, low response priority. Most of the complaints the FCC gets about television and radio programming are from people who have never seen or heard the program they are complaining about. ISP abuse desks, US congressional offices, etc have all implemented things which make contacting them by e-mail harder due to the automatic-idiot problems. There are effective ways to contact your congressional office or ISP abuse desk, and ineffective ways. When they give suggestions about the best way to contact them, its a good idea to listen to what they recommend if you want to be effective. If you just want to complain about ISPs not responding, or the police not finding your stolen car, or 9-1-1 operators refusing calls from your automatic alarm system; you are welcome to continue complaining. It probably won't be that effective, but if it makes you feel better go ahead. On the other hand, if you are interested in accomplishing something then there are different actions you can take.