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The only non-work communication channel I use that has a better than 50% SNR is WhatsApp. And that's been getting worse lately—I think I've had about ten spam m
by brimble 4y ago
The only non-work communication channel I use that has a better than 50% SNR is WhatsApp. And that's been getting worse lately—I think I've had about ten spam messages on that in years and years of use, and all but one's been in the last ~3 weeks.
Mail? Probably 90+% ads. Email? Hahaha, I only even bother to check it anymore when I know a messages is coming in, and that's usually from a machine. Phone? Ignore-if-not-in-contacts, probably 2x as many spam calls as real calls in a week. Text might be close to 50% but only because transactional texts (lazy 2FA implementations and prescription pick-up reminders, mostly) count as signal.
- nradov 4y agoWhatsApp spam has been getting a lot worse in the past few months. I keep getting messages from foreign phone numbers using stock profile photos of attractive young women. I report them but they just come back with a different number.