I keep getting text messages like “Hello” or “your number was in my contacts”. I keep receiving these messages because the people sending them are having some success. Some percentage of messages sent results in some sort of response. But now the question is… if I and the population of the planet are spart enough to detect them all and notify the powers that be that they are spam and to be blocked… then what happens to the senders as their success ration drops?
If the senders are looking for some ration they might sart to increase the flow. As a result some people are doomed to receive more of this junk mail.
I’m sure game theory has a good idea in here some place, however, there is a rule that says that a game theory that works for me, alone, could have less of an effect if more people use the same theory.
ugh.