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That's similar to the idea I had for combating texting spam: - If your number is in my address book then texts are free for you - If this is the first time yo
by guidoism 2y ago
That's similar to the idea I had for combating texting spam:
- If your number is in my address book then texts are free for you
- If this is the first time you are contacting me then you pay me $1
There are probably downsides and ways this will screw up real relationships but it will certainly increase the cost of spam.
- Nition 2y agoOne issue I can forsee: - Every contractor (plumber etc) you hire will ask you to please add them to your contact list first so that they can message you. - After a while of half their clients not doing that and lots of fees on their end, contractors stop providing a phone number at all, asking you to please install ContractorApp to communicate with them.
- thejazzman 2y agoI love every part of this. Not having things in writing is one of the most common tactics with bad contractors. And I miss their call backs because I have unknowns goto spam, so I have to remember to disable that feature...
- crummy 2y agoMaybe when you first receive a text you see: This message is from an unknown number. (Accept / Block / Charge sender $1)
- telgareith 2y agoWell, that just invokes we-had-a-baby-its-a-boy
- sailfast 2y agoThey had a baby. It’s a boy! That said - perhaps harder to change the name that shows up as quickly as you could leave a recorded name? :) Still one of the best ads ever made.
- Nition 2y agoHa! Okay, I like this, I think it changes my mind on the whole thing being viable. There's probably some reason it wouldn't work in reality but the satisfaction from pressing the charge $1 option on spam would be huge. I disagree about the we-adda-baby-itsa-boy issue. I don't see how that'd apply given that you can charge them $1 from the very first message.
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoThey already charge $200 so I doubt $1 extra is going to matter.
- asah 2y agoone click to add from the first message = $1 total cost. contractors can add this to their invoices if they care.
- GoblinSlayer 2y agoHere they do already use watsapp, viber etc for communication, maybe because they are cheaper. >Every contractor (plumber etc) you hire will ask you to please add them to your contact list first so that they can message you. This is reasonable. If they want to reach me, they should whitelist in advance instead of hoping they can randomly get through.
- red-iron-pine 2y agoaye. i have a business relationship with these people, let me know how to communicate with you ahead of time so I can whitelist or clear that.
- jameshart 2y agoYou just made the new scam ‘persuading you to text me’. I get $1 for everyone I fool!
- odo1242 2y agoPresumably the money would go to the telecom company, I think. Still very good for trolls though.