GoKawiilBlogger Nathan Pilkenton documents surge in political and spam text messages, avoids replying STOP
In an October 2026 blog post, Nathan Pilkenton describes receiving dozens of unsolicited political texts despite having moved out of Texas years ago, along with a growing stream of fake 'personal' marketing messages. He notes that replying STOP reveals these texts are part of mass campaigns, but says he avoids doing so and instead uses Apple's 'Delete and Report Spam' feature, which he says seems ineffective.