He's obviously trying to avoid having to do this, so linking out to the website is the "hey look we're doing the right thing" when really they aren't. Chances

He's obviously trying to avoid having to do this, so linking out to the website is the "hey look we're doing the right thing" when really they aren't. Chances are more people would identify the service as something to block or report for spam if the text were more descriptive, so he's counting on people not clicking the link in the footer but at least he can claim it's there, even if it's ineffectual.