>This is one of those "lying with statistics" moments This reply is one of the handwaving skeptic moments. I too can make up reasons the calls should have gone

>This is one of those "lying with statistics" moments This reply is one of the handwaving skeptic moments. I too can make up reasons the calls should have gone up, but didn't: 1. Demonstrably more people with phones than in 2021. 2. Easier than ever to submit reports. 3. More awareness one can submit reports. 4. Program has been around longer, has had more advertising, more people know about it. See,I can make up unsubstantiated, unqualified magic claims for the benefits just as easily. This is why measurements are important, not conjecture. It's why looking at the data where you'd notice how movements in the report rates correspond well to rule change deadlines is important. It's why simply making up handwavy things without putting in effort to check them and stating a belief as fact is always unwarranted. Not one of your handwavy reasons likely has much change from 2021 to now, and most certainly would not result in a 50% drop. It's not like in the last few years 50% of people that used to report simply got saavy and now don't, or that 50% of people looked up FTC rule change deadlines and suddenly match callRates to that. The other services you mention the companies have adopted is because the FTC forced them to add such capability, and you conclude the FTC is not responsible? FTC gives the raw data, give per state reports, has spent time chasing this, has forced technology changes to enable better reporting and blocking, and pursued a host of other things to address this. I don't think it's a "lying with statistics" moment. And in any such moment the solution is not making up stuff whole cloth, but providing evidence based better use of statistics. This post is an example of ignoring evidence to support a belief, a much more common reasoning error than "lying with statistics". I certainly trust a group that has measurement transparency and long running experts and effort towards a result over someone with internet personal anecdotes and flawed reasoning. Especially when the data shows reasonable movement for reasonable actions.