Election Spam.
In Sri Lanka at least, it seems perfectly acceptable for companies to send spam SMS to all and sundry. What is spam, first-off. I once got into a somewhat heated argument with a US-based boss about what spam was. I said it was simply unsolicited mail but he said it was Ok to send to it to emails you had, especially since it wasn’t the dodgy kind of message. But if it’s unsolicited it’s still spam. Spam is even worse when it’s on your phone cause it interrupts you at the worst times. You think a friend contacted you but no, it’s SINGER.
Leave aside the holiday greeting from PRESIDENT. That’s his, er, prerogative I guess. What I don’t get is why SINGER, Dialog TV, HSBC and all feel like it’s OK to send me SMS’s I really really don’t want. It’s somewhat common in corporate circles to speak of email or SMS blasts like they’re a good thing, but I think they’re really not. I generally don’t trust anyone that says blast, like anyone wants a blast of marketing in their face. Actually, I don’t want a blast of anything in my direction. It doesn’t seem pleasant.
In response I’ve gotten an SMS blocker for Android, but it’s still something I need to run and check. On Apple apps don’t have access to SMS in, so they have to block it thru the OS, which doesn’t work sometimes. It’s so annoying and basically makes me annoyed at the brands that do it.
not only Dialog, Mobitel is the ‘king’ in this practice!
Why bother reading them in the first place, just delete as soon as you see them!
I was roaming last week abroad and Dialog charged me 25/- per message for all this nonsense I didn’t want in the first place.
It’s a bit time consuming but it pays off in the long run to call and get the relevant person to promise you to take you out of their system. Including ofcourse taking down their names and making clear to that person that you ll hold him/her responsible if you ever again get a SPAM SMS from them.
Blogger is being weird. I saw this on other blogs. If you have trouble, try TAB to get to the place to fill in the word vtcrfiiaeion. But right now this blog looks like the comments are ok again.
Rasuulkeena Mahamed csw caay iyo af lagaado wuu ka sharaf badanyahy kuwa moodayo in ee wax u dhibeen, yaa u sheego in ayaga ee Naar isku hogaamiyeen walahi thuma walahi aniga xamdi ahaan aad ayaan u difaacayaa Rasulkeyna wiilashaas Islaamka ah ee dartiisa xabsiga u galay Alle haka soo saaro, ninkaas Rasuulkena caayay jaanis uma siiyeen in uu sii noolaado hadii aan awoofd u leeyahy, lkin Alle waxba kama qarsoono oo wuu ciqaabi doonaa maalin eesan difaaci doonin Polis ama dowladU codee: 0 0
That’s an ingenious way of thinking about it.
I love the first three photos, especially the potted tulips and the mass of yellow tulips! Three walks is my idea of a fabulous day! 8) Have a nice day in Vienna–from Wisconsin, USA