[tbrock]

Good question. Hustle tries its best to only work with organizations that are reaching out to people who actually want to hear from them.

If you receive a message you don't want you can ask to be removed. You'll instantly be opted out of receiving messages from that organization in the future. Also, like all SMS based tools, if you reply with the word "STOP" you'll never hear from them again.

[bobzimuta]

> Hustle tries its best to only work with organizations that are reaching out to people who actually want to hear from them

But I can still receive unsolicited texts, correct? If organization X discovers my phone number, they can add it to their distribution list without my consent?

[tbrock]

We texted a large portion of the United States so I apologize if you happened to get caught in the crossfire. Better than someone knocking on your door or calling during supper though right?

[bobzimuta]

> Better than someone knocking on your door or calling during supper though right?

Please don't pitch yourself as a lesser of two evils. And I can at least cuss out / slam the door on a solicitor. And they aren't going to wake me up in the middle of the night.

Follow up question: do you respect the 'Do not call' registry?

[gkop]

This is not a smart thing to say if you hope to continue to sell to progressive political campaigns. Door-to-door canvassing is the most effective organizing medium [0]; by disparaging it, you come across as completely out of touch with the field Hustle is entering.

[0] http://isps.yale.edu/node/16698

[Mtinie]

<Good call removing your poorly considered joke>

You have a useful product that will appeal to a number of people (on the sending side). But please don't delude yourself into believing that you have a product that make the world better for all of the millions of recipients that somehow ended up in your databases.

A global opt-out is the absolute least you can do.

[bobzimuta]

Here's the rub. I'm from a generation that treats SMS as a more personal medium; it's exclusive to my friends and family.

The last thing I want is random spam from any organization, regardless if you think they are trustworthy. If it's unsolicited, it's spam.

Feature request: add a platform level opt-out.

[kovacs]

Ahh but what if it's unsolicited but sent on behalf of friends and family in the form of anonymous birthday SMS messages?

e.g. http://birthdaymob.com

You don't really want to opt out of birthday spam do you? :-P

[DrScump]

"Also, like all SMS based tools, if you reply with the word "STOP" you'll never hear from them again."

Or, it will result in your number being tagged as "confirmed as valid # as of (date)", making your number even more valuable to spammers. The recipient can't be sure which.