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I tried that recently with some political texts. I do not recommend. It could be coincidental, but I suddenly started receiving a lot more political texts. It

I tried that recently with some political texts. I do not recommend. It could be coincidental, but I suddenly started receiving a lot more political texts. It might be true that I stopped receiving texts FROM THAT NUMBER, it's clearly the same organization spamming me from other numbers. Whatever. I'd rather get spam texts than robocalls.

wil421 2y ago
It’s made no difference for me. I stopped replying STOP a couple mm the ago and just did report and block. The amount SMSs have increased, I get 5-10 a week.
dkdbejwi383 2y ago
are these unsolicited political messages? Where do you live that this is a thing? It's something I've not experienced before.
- eli 2y ago
  US is blanketed with them. They are exempt from some anti-spam laws.
grugagag 2y ago
I share the same experience. Block seems to subscribe you a deluge of crap. Similar experience with unsubscribing from emails (many of which I never subscribed to).
eli 2y ago
Unfortunately at best you’re opting out of one customer, not the entire sms service provider.
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blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Don’t reply to them. See what I said in my other comment ok. How to report spam and actually make an impact on this problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41704119 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41704119
- smt88 2y ago
  For political texts in the US, it is illegal for iOS or Android to proactively treat them as spam. They're a form of political speech protected by the First Amendment. But in my experience, they do actually slow down if you reply STOP on all of them.
  - blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
    It’s not illegal for them to treat them as spam proactively. In fact, manufacturers and carriers and text messaging platforms are completely free to make the decision to block them (and some do). It isn’t a first amendment issue either actually - it’s just that legislators lobbied for an explicit exemption in the laws passed around this (after all they wrote the text). CAN SPAM is an example.

wil421 2y ago

It’s made no difference for me. I stopped replying STOP a couple mm the ago and just did report and block. The amount SMSs have increased, I get 5-10 a week.

dkdbejwi383 2y ago

are these unsolicited political messages? Where do you live that this is a thing? It's something I've not experienced before.

eli 2y ago
US is blanketed with them. They are exempt from some anti-spam laws.

grugagag 2y ago

I share the same experience. Block seems to subscribe you a deluge of crap. Similar experience with unsubscribing from emails (many of which I never subscribed to).

eli 2y ago

Unfortunately at best you’re opting out of one customer, not the entire sms service provider.

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blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

Don’t reply to them. See what I said in my other comment ok. How to report spam and actually make an impact on this problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41704119 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41704119

smt88 2y ago
For political texts in the US, it is illegal for iOS or Android to proactively treat them as spam. They're a form of political speech protected by the First Amendment. But in my experience, they do actually slow down if you reply STOP on all of them.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
  It’s not illegal for them to treat them as spam proactively. In fact, manufacturers and carriers and text messaging platforms are completely free to make the decision to block them (and some do). It isn’t a first amendment issue either actually - it’s just that legislators lobbied for an explicit exemption in the laws passed around this (after all they wrote the text). CAN SPAM is an example.