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Two lessons you should draw from this: 1. The successful communication platforms are ones that are opt-in, meaning you can't message or talk to someone unless
by cletus 4y ago
Two lessons you should draw from this:
1. The successful communication platforms are ones that are opt-in, meaning you can't message or talk to someone unless you give their consent; and
2. This is why federated messaging systems have not worked and likely won't work in the future. Why? Just like with POTS, there is always going to be an incentive for bad actors to "launder" messages or calls.
What I find particularly irksome about the spam situation is the exceptions carved out for charities and, worse yet, political fundraising to the "do not spam" laws. I mean these laws don't stop a huge amount of spam because it's illegal anyway and probably originates overseas.
But I honestly don't want to be a part of the current phone system and just ignore any unknown numbers.
- jeffbee 4y agoIt's a big leap. The "successful" communications systems are post, phone, and email, none of which have the property you claim is essential to success. And none of the systems with that property are in fact successful.
- evgen 4y agoAnd all three of them are no longer 'successful' at effectively delivering messages because users of those systems are drowning in spam. It completely blows my mind to return to the US and see how bad phone and SMS spam have become. The spammers have now become so effective at parasitising the transmission channels that they have caused them to go into decline. It is easy for spammers and scammers to exist and thrive as parasites in these systems for exactly the reasons stated.
- Cynddl 4y ago> 1. The successful communication platforms are ones that are opt-in, meaning you can't message or talk to someone unless you give their consent; and Not particularly true in the rest of the world, for instance in Europe as many have pointed out in other threads. The SMS text messages work well here, and good data protection laws/regulations ensure that there is virtually no spam or phishing. This is not a problem with the platform, but with the lack of regulation in the industry.