re: WTF happened to Crank Yankers?

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Most people get spam/unknown calls all the time. Many probably answer them.

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I’d say the amount of people answering/expecting phone calls is decreased dramatically from the early 2000s. And the only people staying on to talk to scam/unknown numbers are either pranksters/scam baiters themselves or boomers that don’t really know any better and seem like low hanging fruit to troll.

Concept works a lot better with land lines and before texting and social media were the main way people communicate