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Must be a phone survey—anyone who still answers phone calls from strangers is probably pre-disposed to being victimized like this.
by jmerz 3y ago
Must be a phone survey—anyone who still answers phone calls from strangers is probably pre-disposed to being victimized like this.
- beebeepka 3y agoThis is no doubt the weirdest thing I've read all week. Why wouldn't I answer a call from an unknown number? There has to be some context here because the way you worded this implies what I consider "normal" is completely inconceivable to you.
- bombcar 3y agoI only answer an unknown number if very particular circumstances (from the area code I live in which is far from the area code of my phone) - otherwise, it goes to voicemail and if important I will call back. Otherwise it’s all about my extended warranties and other scams.
- b112 3y agoMany people receive calls from legit, unfamiliar numbers maybe once a month. Meanwhile, I receive half a dozen spam calls on some days. So logically for me, it makes little sense to respond to unknown numbers. I presume the OP is in the same boat.
- simonbw 3y agoFor a lot of people (like me and everyone in my friend group), close to 100% of calls from unknown numbers are scam calls. I think many people also don’t think someone they don’t know has the right to speak to them just because they have their phone number.
- pama 3y agoI have not answered unknown call numbers by using my voice for about ten years now. I start muted or I whistle to see if a spammer is on the other end, but mostly I simply let them go to voicemail, then block and report the caller. It was clear for many years now that voice prints would be a useful thing to spammers or other adversaries and I certainly don’t want to pair my phone number with a voice print on a random machine. I have probably lost a couple reminders from dr offices, especially in recent years when people started using automated call systems, but things feel simpler than a decade ago when the spam load was unbearable.
- Timwi 3y agoI don't wanna make assumptions, but this sounds like you're probably not American. Americans are completely inundated with spam calls every day. It is hard for me as a European to imagine this kind of life, but that's what it is like for them. As a result, I as a European cannot fathom how one can even live a life with a phone in America, while for Americans it's unfathomable that we would actually use our phones as phones by answering calls.
- bombcar 3y agoA recent phone survey found that 100% of respondents would respond to a phone survey!
- aidenn0 3y agoActually I bet if they asked the question it would only be around 97%...
- bombcar 3y agoOne of the things that good surveys do is explain their methodology for factoring out bullshitters, because some relatively noticeable percentage of people who will respond to a survey do it maliciously/humorously.
- aidenn0 3y agoDon't forget "accidentally" particularly with the "push 1 for X" "push 2 for Y" polls. Good pollsters have ways of polling for things that are well under 10%, but it's a non-trivial problem to solve.
- fludlight 3y ago> anyone who still answers phone calls from strangers Isolation leads to paranoia.