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Are you really advocating for the plight of these poor scammers?
by luma 3y ago
Are you really advocating for the plight of these poor scammers?
- im3w1l 3y agoI think it's worth taking a stand early on, before the tactic is inevitably expanded to include more groups of people.
- Verdex 3y agoPersonally, I take bigger issue with the people who hire the telemarketer. While I can imagine a person revelling in their telemarketing position, somehow I suspect most people working are just trying to get enough money to not starve before next months paycheck. Regardless of the reality, I get the sentiment. Hey we built this system that can trap humans in an infinite social loop requiring either superhuman willpower or outright sociopathy to escape. But don't worry, we only use it on the bad people.
- Riverheart 3y agoPart of the justification I’ve heard for wasting the scammers time is to limit the number of people they can interact with in a day. If wasting a scammer’s time prevents another innocent person from scammed then there’s a net benefit. It’s unfortunate that some people need to do bad things to make a living but it’s an explanation of bad behavior, not a justification for it. Mind you, I’m also sympathetic to the ways in which this practice could be abused.
- npteljes 3y ago>infinite social loop requiring either superhuman willpower or outright sociopathy to escape Or, you can just hang up if you have your suspicions. I don't see this kind of banning particularly useful. If it gets sufficiently popular, telemarketers will just work around it in their scripts.