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Re:The end of phone calls: why young people have silenced th... by flyinghamster on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:18PM (#28360425)
I've compromised - Calls from numbers in contact groups get custom ringtones, but the default ringtone is just a silent .wav file.

In the last year or so, I've been seeing "Scam Likely" on scammer calls as well.

Just the same, I'd love a "dismiss with prejudice" option when I receive a call: no voicemail, just disconnect, mostly because these clowns inevitably leave a voicemail.

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Re:The end of phone calls: why young people have silenced th... by OJFord on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:32PM (#28360551)
Isn't that just declining the call? It'll only go to voicemail if you let it ring out?
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Re:The end of phone calls: why young people have silenced th... by RulerOf on Monday August 30, 2021 @05:11PM (#28360904)
No. Your call goes to its "Call Forward – No Answer" destination, which by default is your carrier's voicemail system (it can be changed through some obscure keypad code).

I have a personal policy of actively sending people to voicemail if I can't or don't want to talk to them, mostly because I feel like making them wait 30s to find that out is a little callous.

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Re:The end of phone calls: why young people have silenced th... by taylodl on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:41PM (#28360632)
No - there needs to be a way to report back to the carrier that this was a spammer. The carriers need to start blocking them.
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Re:The end of phone calls: why young people have silenced th... by flyinghamster on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:38PM (#28360609)
In my experience, declining the call sends it straight to voicemail.
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