I got to think more about the bigger picture concerning categories. More cats might encourage multiple posts. And IF the site was searchable by categories, I could envision multiple posts for any one number becoming the norm.
Imagine this: Joe Muggle gets call near dinnertime from some Candidate who wants Joe's vote. Joe, enraged and disgusted, brings up 801notes on his computer (and naturally enough for a Muggle) without searching for existing entries for that phone number, makes angry entries under Political and Scam (since all politicians are crooks), Prank (for the interruption), spammer(because it's a mass distributed call) and Telemarketer (since they wanted money). MY GOD, it would never end! And anyone searching the site by phone number, might end up with multiple hits?
The categories must be there for a reason, even if not searchable. I had not thought of the Editorial//Liability angles in quite those ways, but darn good points. TT's perspective is interesting too. Res47 nailed it down regarding the problem of misidentification. There are plenty of people who ignore what should be Step One: Search before Posting. More cats and especially searchable cats, might be the road to madness.
If I had a suggestion for a site change, I would vote for some sort of mandatory Search First Step. I bet that has been considered already, so what are the thoughts on that?
LJS redundant post should do it. I have also requested.
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No aceptamos
Having given it a second thought, I guess a scam category is unnecessary. Many phone numbers are spoofed, so the categories aren't accurate anyway. And, as ANonieMouse stated, it's true in my case that I presume all unsolicited calls are scams.
Frankly, I never look at the categories in the posts and rarely use them myself. I do like to put in my own wording (as many do) under the Company Name and enjoy what others have creatively written.
So, I prefer a simple, streamlined format. I get the info I need from the comments.
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Penny Royal
" Joe Muggle"
Hahaha, Muggles are a troublesome species, sometimes they make good pets but never trust them in packs!
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William
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It is impossible to avoid redundancy; all you can do is report them after the fact to the Department of Redundancy Department. Fill out the standard triplicate form and keep a duplicate for yourself.
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