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I would think those who answer the calls are automatically placed on a list as this person answers and your number is sold as such. Personally I have the "Sile

I would think those who answer the calls are automatically placed on a list as this person answers and your number is sold as such. Personally I have the "Silence Unknown Numbers," feature on my iPhone always toggled on. All unknown ..not in my contacts already..I never hear or see calling.. I might see I missed their call but my mind ignores missed call. Overall if I dont know you well your not in my iPhone contacts ..getting to know new folks they are given my Google voice number which is only for texting.

avh02 2y ago
I'd love to do this but too often a call is made by an unknown number to me in response to an action, e.g i requested a dishwasher repair via email, i was called to schedule it by the contractor it was assigned to by my landlord. If i ignored that call it's likely a game of chasing them back up and potentially navigating PBX systems, etc
- eru 2y ago
  I find that caller-id works pretty well for these kinds of expected unknown calls for me. But that might just be a Singapore thing? (Or perhaps it's an Android thing, and Google looks up the number? Not sure.)
  - avh02 2y ago
    I believe it's a Google thing, which i have turned off because i don't need every call being sent to them for a minor convenience
- chatmasta 2y ago
  They can leave a voicemail.
  - avh02 2y ago
    This is usually the way, but still, it's often more difficult than answering when they call
pavel_lishin 2y ago
My phone number is already on multiple lists like that; I get a minimum of three spam phone calls a day. I don't think that answering or not-answering is going to make a significant dent. > Personally I have the "Silence Unknown Numbers," feature on my iPhone always toggled on. All unknown ..not in my contacts already..I never hear or see calling.. I might see I missed their call but my mind ignores missed call. I have a young child, in school and after-school activities; I don't want to risk missing a relevant phone call, as well as phone calls from actual doctors & such who need to get in touch with me. (And I can't easily whitelist every phone number some given office/person might end up using to reach me.)

avh02 2y ago

I'd love to do this but too often a call is made by an unknown number to me in response to an action, e.g i requested a dishwasher repair via email, i was called to schedule it by the contractor it was assigned to by my landlord. If i ignored that call it's likely a game of chasing them back up and potentially navigating PBX systems, etc

eru 2y ago
I find that caller-id works pretty well for these kinds of expected unknown calls for me. But that might just be a Singapore thing? (Or perhaps it's an Android thing, and Google looks up the number? Not sure.)
- avh02 2y ago
  I believe it's a Google thing, which i have turned off because i don't need every call being sent to them for a minor convenience
chatmasta 2y ago
They can leave a voicemail.
- avh02 2y ago
  This is usually the way, but still, it's often more difficult than answering when they call

pavel_lishin 2y ago

My phone number is already on multiple lists like that; I get a minimum of three spam phone calls a day. I don't think that answering or not-answering is going to make a significant dent. > Personally I have the "Silence Unknown Numbers," feature on my iPhone always toggled on. All unknown ..not in my contacts already..I never hear or see calling.. I might see I missed their call but my mind ignores missed call. I have a young child, in school and after-school activities; I don't want to risk missing a relevant phone call, as well as phone calls from actual doctors & such who need to get in touch with me. (And I can't easily whitelist every phone number some given office/person might end up using to reach me.)