I live in the US and we’ve got elections coming up. Every day for the past several months, I get 3-8 text messages from political campaigns per day. I block them every time, yet they keep coming in.

My question is NOT how to stop them, but what happens to those numbers that I, and surely hundreds and maybe thousands of other people have blocked? What if an actual person gets that phone number and needs to call people? What happens then?

Because on a long enough time line, all numbers will have been used for spam.

  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    I really appreciate your insight, it has been incredibly helpful.

    I actually have a pretty strong connection to the fire department so I might look into that too. Honestly, anything to get me out of where I’m currently working. Way too much stress for the shit pay I get. Not worth it.

    I also totally get why you’d stick with just 911, your reasoning definitely seems sound. If I get the job and get into the position where I can do both or just calls, I’ll definitely consider your perspective.

    Thanks again for all the help. You’ve given me lots of great info, and lots to think about. For what it’s worth, my wife is 100% on board with me doing this and when I told her I was speaking with someone online with direct experience in the field, she was very excited and appreciative of you. I just thought you should know that.