Summary: I complain about spam texts and consider why I’m so hesitant to just reply STOP to unsubscribe.
They seem to be mostly from Republicans, but I’ve gotten a little bit of everything — texts from Democrats, independents, PACs, unbiased pollsters, obviously biased pollsters, even those weird false flag texts that went around. I don’t remember signing up for anything, and certainly would never have intended to, but clearly my number got on a list somehow.
This is pretty annoying, because text is my highest-signal communication channel. Most of what’s in there is from family and friends, plus the occasional 2FA code. The little red notification bubble means a lot more on Messages than other apps — which of course is exactly why politicians, marketers, and scammers want so badly to get in there.
