Post 9hP3doJXeOlX6DcTSa by sblaydes@bsd.network
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(DIR) Post #9hP2Td26dgqtGG2rUu by viciousviscosity@cybre.space
2019-04-02T16:48:22Z
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Turns out, making the beginning of my voicemail a fax answering sound has drastically removed the number of robo/scam calls I've received.
(DIR) Post #9hP2YbwS7ivrKCmD5M by c0debabe@harpy.life
2019-04-02T16:49:15Z
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@viciousviscosity oh that's clever
(DIR) Post #9hP2Zoiu5VerFu0wsa by tsturm@mastodon.cloud
2019-04-02T16:49:28Z
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@viciousviscosity That is an excellent idea!
(DIR) Post #9hP2dsSI9c6VzMBEyO by IrisKalmia@cybre.space
2019-04-02T16:50:11Z
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@viciousviscosity This is really clever. It'd also drive me absolutely nuts if I bounced off your voicemail, but I think detering non-humans is more important for your voicemail greeting.2019.
(DIR) Post #9hP3CwPdQvjQOfeoeu by viciousviscosity@cybre.space
2019-04-02T16:56:32Z
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@IrisKalmia Might only need to be a temporary measure, though, if it deters anyone from leaving voicemail… 🤔
(DIR) Post #9hP3UjzwKR9h6g7ssi by RadicalEdward@hackers.town
2019-04-02T16:59:44Z
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@viciousviscosity @IrisKalmia that sounds like a feature too
(DIR) Post #9hP3doJXeOlX6DcTSa by sblaydes@bsd.network
2019-04-02T17:01:23Z
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@viciousviscosity @mwlucas Back before my town has a Papa John's location I had answering machine outgoing message that just said "Papa John's, please hold". Got some great messages from confused ppl as they hung up.
(DIR) Post #9hP4MUYtw4wAs06qyO by kemonine@social.holdmybeer.solutions
2019-04-02T17:09:30.200818Z
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@viciousviscosity May I inquire how you accomplished such a thing w/o causing humans great anguish?
(DIR) Post #9hP4SQSE7YG1rroif2 by viciousviscosity@cybre.space
2019-04-02T17:10:33Z
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@kemonine I'm afraid anyone who leaves me a voice mail will indeed suffer such anguish. But I pickup the calls I know, within normal operating hours at least 😅
(DIR) Post #9hP5TrisK3UigQr39E by thenomad@mastodon.cloud
2019-04-02T17:22:01Z
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@viciousviscosity Another option is the reorder tones (the ones that sound before recordings like "this number is no longer in service.) Robots tend to remove numbers from lists when they hear those.
(DIR) Post #9hP6nfyVoHhDzhB9gu by viciousviscosity@cybre.space
2019-04-02T17:36:49Z
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@thenomad I have used that before, it was quite effective. Of course, I had it say "the number you have dialed <number> has changed. The new number is <samenumber>.😆
(DIR) Post #9hP6u6Jsm3H7REEqG0 by clarjon1@connected.cat6.network
2019-04-02T17:37:57Z
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@viciousviscosity If possible, so will an IVR
(DIR) Post #9hP7pxaZOQxL9idJlg by jeffalyanak@social.rights.ninja
2019-04-02T17:48:23Z
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@viciousviscosityI bet a lot of those auto-dialers are listening for that.
(DIR) Post #9hPD2mN8uHmJu5Hi7M by jannamark@octodon.social
2019-04-02T18:46:45Z
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@viciousviscosity How ingenious! How many seconds of fax answering sound do you use?
(DIR) Post #9hPDNrD47HJWzJccMq by viciousviscosity@cybre.space
2019-04-02T18:50:33Z
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@jannamark It's about 5 seconds, seems to do the trick
(DIR) Post #9hPEHOBhCszNC6Sdk0 by Catwoman69y2k@meow.social
2019-04-02T19:00:36Z
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@viciousviscosity Yeah. My bf did the same thing, but using the "I'm sorry but the number you have dialed is..." as their outgoing voicemail message. It can trick the robo callers.
(DIR) Post #9hPKMVi3GeS3hCQ7lo by viciousviscosity@cybre.space
2019-04-02T20:08:45Z
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@Catwoman69y2k Yeah, those tones seem really effective. I've done that and changed the numbers in the records "The number you have dialed <number> has been changed. The new number is <same number again>"