User-Generated Telemarketer Butt-Kickin

If the mob is good for anything, it’s kicking some tail. Sometimes it’s a righteous wave of derriere demolition, and others it’s an unfair and maniacal feeding frenzy. But if all that ire is directed toward an unknown caller clicking on your answering machine ten times a day, nobody’s going to care whether crowd-sourced, digital brutality is justified or not.

The they have a widget you can put on your website. Copying and pasting the widget presents a search box prompting a phone number search and the guiding refrain to the masses: STOP Telemarketers!

What happens after one complains about a specific caller? Well, that’s a harder question to answer, but one course of action is pretty brilliant, even if destined for abuse. As relayed by