Protip: you can call businesses but you don't have to answer any calls from numbers you don't know or approve. This is a nice balance that I maintain. I used to be phone-shy but at some point I just realised that it's usually the fastest way to get the answers or service I look for.
Re:Facebook wants your children's mind
by rock_hard on Monday December 11, 2017 @10:10AM
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The phone rings anyways though...and they keep trying relentlessly
You can always mute your phone and join the national do-not-call registry to cut down on the calls.
>join the national do-not-call registry to cut down on the calls.
Buwahahahaha. Yea, like that stops the car warranty and health insurance spammers that fake the caller ID of a local number from ringing you 3 or 4 times a day.
It's not going to stop everyone, but it will stop some of them. I've been on it for years, and I only get a handful of calls a year from telemarketers (which tend to be the unscrupulous caller-id spoofing kind).
It’s worse than any notification I have ever gotten.
Additionally the only calls I get these days are spam anyways :(
It baffles me that we ever thought it’s acceptable for any person to just call you whenever they pleased...it’s such a intrusive and awkward medium.
I would never go back to that and 100% happy with Facebook, email, etc