Slashdot | Call Someone – Without Having To Talk To Them

Article here.

Another take:

These guys sell a service (you pay by listening to an ad) that allows you to bypass the possibility of your party’s picking up the phone and sends you straight to their voicemail so—now get this—you don’t have to talk to them. Anybody with half a brain (or a phone that shows missed calls or lack thereof) will realize that’s what happened.

It’s almost like, oh, I don’t know, writing an E-mail or writing a letter.

Talk about seriously passive-aggressive.