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[–] 44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't think you can waste the time of an automated computer program

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The other day I was having a bad day and had a call from an unknown number, so I decided to pick up but let them talk first. They just hang up and have not called again.

    I don't think it was a good idea to pick up in the first place, but it was curious in the end.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Iirc, that's usually a sign that the robot caller has found a machine on the other end, since most people first respond with some sort of greeting right off the bat.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So, it's not that bad, after all. Maybe should learn me a modem greeting to use instead of "Hello"

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The phrase itself doesn't matter, they are just listening for some indication of human speech at the start of the call.

    If nothing is said, then the system believes that it is a machine doing the same thing.

    Provided, of course, that their spam system doesn't just starts playing a recorded message anyway.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Fair, but it does cost them money to send text messages.

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