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points by z3ugma 3 days ago | 0 comments

I have set up a Siri Shortcut on my iPhone using the Shortcuts app. It relies on political campaign and super-PAC texts containing the key phrase "Stop2End" or "End2End"

The shortcut runs on any incoming message

First it checks to see if "Stop2End" is in the body of the message

It checks to see if the sender is in my contacts

If the sender is not in my contacts then it replies with "STOP"

This opts me out of about 3-5 lists per day

The other change I made was to sign up for the Do Not Call registry on the FCC website

[–] zerotolerance 3 days ago

I have no faith that this would have any impact whatsoever. The thing is, it also isn't my problem. It has absolutely ruined outbound sales. I'll never answer my phone or accept a text from anyone not in my contacts. I basically don't read email. I'm unreachable to people who I'm not expecting outreach from. And I'm fine with it, only because I'm not the one trying to make a living cold calling people.

[–] shostack 2 days ago

I am desperate for something like this on Android and cannot for the life of me fathom why the messages app does not have a simple keyword-based filter.

I am going to attempt to wire something up with Tasker because it is getting too bad to cope with.

[–] reaperducer 3 days ago

First it checks to see if "Stop2End" is in the body of the message

It checks to see if the sender is in my contacts

There's a chance someone in your contacts would send you a message with "Stop2End" in it? You must have curious friends.

[–] Grombobulous 3 days ago

In programming if you have an easy edge case you can control for you might as well take it. It doesn't really matter that the probability is low.

[–] doublepg23 3 days ago

I personally add a handful of automated systems to my contacts (appointments, time sheet reminders, bills, etc.)

[–] BeetleB 3 days ago

No - it means he wants to receive from some of these organizations.