A place to ask Canadians questions and get answers. The most obvious questions would be about Canada, but you can ask about pretty much anything; news, current events, society, etc
I don't intend this as an AMA format, but can entertain some. Rules:
If you're voting conservative or liberal or NDP or Green, whatever ...
I didn't sign up for any list. I also heard that you shouldn't text STOP to these messages because they use that as confirmation of my number?
I reported it to spam, I'm just curious if these are legit and how you handle these?
9th term of Polievre.
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Have had a few, I just block the number
Not necessarily the same thing, but it could be.
I think it's the same. I started getting both kinds of texts at the same time having hardly ever gotten any spam previously.
China AI bots pitching in on the Cambridge Analytica effort
I got one a while back and did exactly the same thing. Don't respond, block the number, report as spam.
I got one from "Lily" with the same script
The best way to turn out the vote is automated messages that mostly just annoy people.
I haven't got them (yet). Just use your device to block the number. If you want to register a complaint to the appropriate government department, that's cool. I think interacting with the sender in any way (like texting "stop") will result in you getting more of these messages in the future
A few months ago I started getting these texts from various women asking claiming to be from the federal conservatives, the provincial ones when an election was on and polling companies.