It's long been suggested that the Dems use the talents of Hollywood directors...Spielberg, etc...to orchestrate entertaining, very short, messages. Like no more than 15 seconds. Message only. Do not solicit for money. No talking heads. Dems need to start doing things no one else is doing. So far, they are just falling in line behind everyone else's ideas. Start thinking outside the box. Go out on a limb. They need to get positive attention, not be another annoyance.
I have a policy never to donate via text request. I simply write stop and move on. I do volunteer to text via organizations I trust that send out GOTV messages with useful information about early voting, vote by mail deadlines, polling locations etc. we are human volunteers and we reply to questions and comments with further information. I occasionally text with specific campaigns but NEVER to fundraise only to help get out the vote. Some people are super appreciative and others are understandably annoyed. I’m interested in your thoughts
It would be nice if there were something like Charity Navigator for political groups. Does anyone know of anything like that? I don’t know anything about the majority of groups I get solicitations from. For all I know, they are scammers or even Republican PACs masquerading as Democratic leaning organizations.
Annoying barely covers my feelings on all of these cash asks. The ones I especially dislike are the ones that ask me to take a survey or sign a petition and then after doing so, ask for more cash. The hair-on-fire asks lost my faith after the first few years ago. They are the first messages or emails I delete. I also have begun to automatically send the STOP reply to all political asks. Adding one of the mentioned filter apps will comes as a relief. I hope the Democrats will begin behaving as prescribed in this article. It's sorely needed. I know campaigns and initiatives are costly, but quite treating us all like ATMs! Like many others I'm pretty active in the resistance and in getting out the vote. I also donate fairly generously, but this bombardment of asks with little in return and even less acknowledgement are getting very old. I will say that the candidates who have actually reached back out to me to thank me for my contribution are far more likely to get another without even solicitating it.
It's long been suggested that the Dems use the talents of Hollywood directors...Spielberg, etc...to orchestrate entertaining, very short, messages. Like no more than 15 seconds. Message only. Do not solicit for money. No talking heads. Dems need to start doing things no one else is doing. So far, they are just falling in line behind everyone else's ideas. Start thinking outside the box. Go out on a limb. They need to get positive attention, not be another annoyance.
I have a policy never to donate via text request. I simply write stop and move on. I do volunteer to text via organizations I trust that send out GOTV messages with useful information about early voting, vote by mail deadlines, polling locations etc. we are human volunteers and we reply to questions and comments with further information. I occasionally text with specific campaigns but NEVER to fundraise only to help get out the vote. Some people are super appreciative and others are understandably annoyed. I’m interested in your thoughts
So smart. I also reply STOP. If it works even 1 or 2% of the time, they'll keep doing it. We have to stop taking the bait.
I do exactly the same. I’m worried that the avalanche of money raising texts is ruining the effectiveness of the GOTV and informational campaigns.
It would be nice if there were something like Charity Navigator for political groups. Does anyone know of anything like that? I don’t know anything about the majority of groups I get solicitations from. For all I know, they are scammers or even Republican PACs masquerading as Democratic leaning organizations.
Annoying barely covers my feelings on all of these cash asks. The ones I especially dislike are the ones that ask me to take a survey or sign a petition and then after doing so, ask for more cash. The hair-on-fire asks lost my faith after the first few years ago. They are the first messages or emails I delete. I also have begun to automatically send the STOP reply to all political asks. Adding one of the mentioned filter apps will comes as a relief. I hope the Democrats will begin behaving as prescribed in this article. It's sorely needed. I know campaigns and initiatives are costly, but quite treating us all like ATMs! Like many others I'm pretty active in the resistance and in getting out the vote. I also donate fairly generously, but this bombardment of asks with little in return and even less acknowledgement are getting very old. I will say that the candidates who have actually reached back out to me to thank me for my contribution are far more likely to get another without even solicitating it.
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