It seems to me that messaging apps have already rallied around a general pattern for dealing with message requests. This is especially true if I'm in the "Unknown" filter view, where Apple knows that I'm bulk-editing messages from non-contacts. There should be additional toolbar actions for reporting and blocking multiple spammy threads at once. Deleting a conversation does not block the original sender (as far as I know) and won't mute the thread in case of a follow-up message.Īdditionally, the multi-select interface in iMessage only gives two toolbar actions to mark as read/unread, or delete. There are no tools to bulk triage, and swipe gestures are underpowered. Doing that several times in a row to remove multiple conversations can end up taking several minutes of repetitive tapping. Bulk triaging tools are underpoweredĮarlier I outlined the incredibly tedious flow to remove just a single spammy conversation from iMessage. Yes, I have iMessage sync enabled on all of my devices. With conversation filters enabled, if I delete one thread on my iPhone it will not be deleted from my MacBook. It might be a bug, but I believe this discrepancy is breaking the ability for deleted conversations to be removed across platforms. This means that my filtered conversations on iOS still show up in my global messages list on macOS. This complicates the product, and makes me feel like I have to keep checking different filtered inboxes to make sure I'm not missing an important message.Īs far as I know, macOS does not support this filtering behavior. This changes the navigation bar title to "Known" and adds a back navigation button to see all filters. I find this experience to be confusing, because it requires me to leave the default iMessage view and use the "Known" view by default. On iOS and iPadOS, iMessage allows you to filter messages from unknown senders into a separate inbox. Message filters are confusing and inconsistent Heaven forbid one of the other recipients decides to reply and bump the whole thread. These are patterns that get repeated over and over, every single day, and place all the burden on the recipient to clean this up. Most of the recent iMessage spam I've received follows the exact same pattern: a sender creates a group thread originating from a fake email, sending a message to 20 other phone numbers (usually sequential), with a spammy link. Group spam should be easier to detect, filter, and discard I'm tired of this process, and there has to be a better way.Īpple is in a unique position to apply an incredible amount of leverage to this system by making it easier to block, report, and delete spam conversations with just a tap or two. But at this point I'm up to several of these every day. This isn't a huge deal if you get one spammy conversation every now and then. Tap conversation details - if the thread is a group thread, expand the conversation participants.Here's the flow to block and delete a conversation from a spammy sender: It's tedious to evaluate, block, and remove spammy conversations Here are a few problems with how iMessage works today.
It feels like every day I'm getting links to meet hot singles in my area, or receiving bizarrely-formatted links, or sometimes receiving junk messages with no call to action at all.Įven if Apple can't stop spam from being created, they can absolutely change how much collective time normal humans have to spend dealing with it. Text message spam is getting out of control.
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