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> I love open source and open protocols as much as anyone on HN, but honestly, secretly, I love the tied-down nature of iMessage because that keeps it (mostly) free from spam and abuse.

Spam on IM? I've honestly only seen this on skype. Is this actually an issue on other networks/countries?

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It definitely is on Yahoo! Messenger these days too.

I've heard it is in China.

It definitely is on Wechat but I am not really bothered by it: I have the people I need in a list and the rest I just ignore. It does not really interrupt but then again there might be people getting 1000s of these spam contacts per month and that would be painful...

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