system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How do spam telemarketers make money since almost everyone just hangs up?
gpt
With VOIP and cheap offshore labor, it costs virtually nothing to make those calls - partly *because* no one answers, or hangs up immediately. If you make 10,000 calls - that's every number in an exchange - and get three or four bites, you've made money.