1. never signed up for anything like this,
  2. never donated to or signed up for emails from the DNC, et al.,
  3. political texts like this come all the time, and
  4. I hesitate to reply “stop” because I don’t want them to know this is a live number (is my instinct here outdated/inapplicable?)
  • blackbrook@mander.xyz
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    3 months ago

    when it started getting really bad, i started replying stop. it maybe made things a little better but i still get a fair number if these (including this one). it definitely hasn’t made it any worse.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I’ve had decent luck replying with goatse with trump’s face shopped in, gotten multiple ‘i’m just going to unsubscribe you’ messages back hahaha.

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      3 months ago

      Isn’t there a risk that the number you reply to might be a premium rate number, and replying at all might land you a big charge?

      I don’t get many of these types of messages, but I always just block them.