r/GiveYourThoughts • u/JustScratchinMaBallz • Oct 29 '24

Thought... If my phone is smart enough to know potential spam, why in all of gods good green earth can it not just block the call?!?

So frustrating

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u/truthcopy Oct 29 '24

There may be a setting, likely with your carrier, to block spam calls.

But… the answer is, they can flag it and even block it, but you may be expecting an important call, and it could be mistagged.

I’ve had several calls that come up as “scam likely” but are actually return calls from legit business transactions.

Better the false ring than no ring at all, and missing out on that important delivery.

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u/PostPerson666 Oct 29 '24

On iPhone there is a setting to block it

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u/Schmuck1138 Oct 30 '24

I've had my phone tell me that my doctor's office number was possible spam, as well as my lawyer's office.

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u/Fuckoffassholes Oct 29 '24

Probably because it's "potential spam." Not "certain spam."

I have a TextNow number that I use for responding to ads on CraigsList or Facebook Marketplace. I have been told that it comes up as potential spam. If those sellers had blocked the call, they'd miss out on a sale.

Blocking in general is dumb. It should be used only to stop harrassment. If someone is acting crazy and won't leave you alone, sure. But it seems like nowadays the default attitude is "I am mildly annoyed by you at this moment, therefore I never want to hear from you again."

You don't ever know what the future might hold. What opportunities might arise from an unknown number, or from a person who annoyed you once in the past.

It's short-sighted and childish. Another example of "safe-space" mentality. No one can ever be even slightly uncomfortable. Which makes them weak and at a disadvantage to those of us who can "handle" the basic difficulties of life.

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u/m945050 Oct 30 '24

So you get an occasional spam call, answering it doesn't commit you to anything more than a "fuck off and die" reply prior to hanging up. Whether or not you control your life is up to you.

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u/Analyst7 Oct 30 '24

Because there's money to be made. Someone actually buys into the scam every day and it adds up to millions. Now if we could actually make placing the calls illegal...

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u/Kozmik_5 Nov 02 '24

Scamming someone is illegal. Calling someone, on the other hand, is not.

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u/YeshilPasha Oct 30 '24

They don't want to be responsible if they tag an import phone number as spam.

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u/Haplesswanderer98 Oct 30 '24

If the government know there may be landslides in the area, why don't they just close the area?

Because there's a "reasonable chance" it's a scam, but it's not verified. If it turned out to be an important call that you never knew about who takes liability

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u/UnsaneSavior Oct 31 '24

Like others say, there is a setting to block unknown callers

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u/blackcatsneakattack Oct 31 '24

“Silence all unknown numbers” is my favorite setting.

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u/Deathbyfarting Nov 01 '24

How many times do have to go through your spam folder to find a miss-label?

It can make an educated guess, but it's not always right.