In an attempt to organize this massive project of combating Internet trash, I'll take this time to establish the players and their roles in this environment.


Myself:
It is my goal to propose and/or implement a method of reducing the amount of spam and similar forms of unwanted content on the Internet and increasing the amount of quality communication and information.
I am the one to keep the gears of this "drivel 2 civil" machine well-lubricated and moving.

Internet:
The Internet shall not only be the foundation for my work, but will also act as a forum for aggregating users and content.
I don't want to be alone in this fight, so the Internet is crucial to connecting me to others who share my goal, gathering data for research purposes, and collecting content for experimenting.

Spammers:
They are the enemy now, but perhaps they will become (unknowing) allies later on.
It would be great to turn spam into "ham" and make the Internet a better place.

Users:
This is a broad term, but users can be broken up into a few distinguishable groups.
The first are friends who want to help in my efforts.
The next are those who, more or less, post useless/purposeless content which will act as fodder to be transformed into something that contributes positively to others, the Internet, and the world.
The last are those who are, for the most part, neutral and either already post "good" content or will have no active role in turning the drivel into civil.