Voicemail should be banned
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Hag up before the beep! Or else it just record you hanging up, and leave me a voice message to delete.
Usually you want to just record dead air for the maximum time your provider gives you for the message
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That makes sense, and I appreciate the information.
You'd think they would have marked me as inactive by now - they've been calling every day or two, including weekends, for more than a month. I haven't answered once! The persistence is the only thing that made me question whether it was spam.
It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until
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Mine is "You have reached my phone but not me, I don't really check voicemail, if you need to reach me, text." I still get voicemail.
Some voicemail the phone will transcribe, those I read but really don't listen to them.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Why I still end up listening to a voicemail after reading the transcription:
Edit: Image had a visible phone number in it. Wasn't mine (just grabbed from Google) but still probably not cool to spread that around.
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mine is a simple "leave me a voicemail and I will hate you forever"
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Is that not normal? Most people business wise I’ve contacted or even for medical stuff in Canada they do. Auto email response, change voicemail to contact X or the receptionist.
They're saying they left the voicemail as "on leave" when they were not in reality
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Is that not normal? Most people business wise I’ve contacted or even for medical stuff in Canada they do. Auto email response, change voicemail to contact X or the receptionist.
No, almost everyone I know would have "leave a message and I will call you back."
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I've never had it enabled
Over here whenever you get a new provider, the voicemail is automatically enabled. You need to actively disable it or you are being spammed with messages from your mom saying "hi, yeah, so I tried to call, but you didn't pick up.... So, I'll try again in 2 minutes. Bye!" "hi, yeah, so I tried to call you again, but still you didn't pick up. Why aren't you picking up? Anyway, I'll try again in a bit. Bye!" etc.
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Voicemail is actually really nice, if people call you and don't leave a message, the call was not important or a spam call. Its like the perfect filter.
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Voice mail still has uses. There are times you need to be able to receive calls from businesses or government entities. Often those entities don't have call centers set up to let their workes send texts. Sometimes the only way you can hear news you need to hear is via a phone call.
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And then people wonder why nobody has friends and prefer talking to an AI
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Why I still end up listening to a voicemail after reading the transcription:
Edit: Image had a visible phone number in it. Wasn't mine (just grabbed from Google) but still probably not cool to spread that around.
I'd still have to because the new voice mail notification won't go away until you at least pop in and delete it or listen.
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Voice mail still has uses. There are times you need to be able to receive calls from businesses or government entities. Often those entities don't have call centers set up to let their workes send texts. Sometimes the only way you can hear news you need to hear is via a phone call.
Which is kinda funny because they could save money by automating texting for some of the shit they have people call for.
Though on the other hand, if it's a legitimate business, you can stop the call spam easier, at least in places with enforced do not call lists.
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My kid can make 100 push ups, when Nobody's watching.I love that meme! I can see this one being real though
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That makes sense, and I appreciate the information.
You'd think they would have marked me as inactive by now - they've been calling every day or two, including weekends, for more than a month. I haven't answered once! The persistence is the only thing that made me question whether it was spam.
I got that kind of call for four years after I got a new phone number. 2-3 times a day. Plus texts offering to buy Tuyet's home, appointment reminders for her & her kid's(?) doctor, occasional temp-staffing offers. You can't beat them by not answering.
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Voice mail still has uses. There are times you need to be able to receive calls from businesses or government entities. Often those entities don't have call centers set up to let their workes send texts. Sometimes the only way you can hear news you need to hear is via a phone call.
That sounds like their problem, and they should fix that. Probably cheaper in the long run too.
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It's AI, I'd be willing to bet. Waiting to detect a human before responding with whatever scam they're selling.
that doesn't really require AI lol
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that doesn't really require AI lol
Playing back a message when you hear someone pick up? No, they've been doing that forever. But trying to determine whether you have a human on the line or just their voicemail recording? That's something that could start to require more sophisticated language models, and the fact that the message didn't just start rattling something off as soon as something picked up suggests maybe they're using it. Actual phone scams using AI? Well, if they're not doing it yet, they will be soon.
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I love that meme! I can see this one being real though
ya if the child is old enough to know what a phone call is, they are old enough to understand how pointless voicemails are
