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[–] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I learned this the other day and someone mentioned that replying with just "STOP" flags the sender as spam to the telecom company.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

why would this work?

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago

That's common misinformation, there's no such thing for telecoms (otherwise a heated argument with a teenager could get you flagged as spam). The correct move is report as spam and move on.