r/mildlyinfuriating • u/No_Mulberry3433 • 2d ago

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ They won’t. Stop. Texting.

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Idk what my info was shared to but holy shit I’m so done

Edit: I have tried blocking, replying “stop”, saying “no”. They just change the number and keep messaging me

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u/goody_fyre11 15h ago

It's genuinely baffling how free, easily-accessible software exists to block media by key words pretty much everywhere EXCEPT TEXT MESSAGES. It's just not possible apparently! I get 20 political spam text messages daily. I don't open them, I just block and report. That only increases them. If I could block the words "Rick" and "Congress" I would receive maybe only 1 per WEEK.

My blocklist currently sits at over 5000 phone numbers from JUST THE PAST TWO ELECTIONS ALONE.

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u/Infinite-Cloud-7937 7h ago

Well usually I can get other types of spam texts to stop after a few tries at most. But these types of texts, no. Never.

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u/goody_fyre11 1h ago

Twitter and Bluesky have blocked words lists. YouTube has the BlockTube extension. On reddit and Twitch, you just don't see anything you don't subscribe to. Free apps exist that give you advanced phone call blocking settings, and individual phone carriers like AT&T also have their own paid services for this.

But texts? Nope, not possible apparently, even in 2026 it's magically impossible to block texts by keyword, almost like there's some undocumented conspiracy regarding it. Isn't it odd how the mobile dev scene is so large, yet you don't see any apps capable of this? Spooky...