All Obama needs to do is read this on how to win an election, and he should be okay... http://mises.org/daily/5036
Interesting read; not sure how much it'd help the POTUS...
It wouldn't =D
Show HN: Get Your Friends To Vote On Election Day
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#12What is the message they are getting though? Is it a message that asks them to go vote, or one that says to go vote for Obama?
It just says "Please Vote Today"
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#13What is the message they are getting though? Is it a message that asks them to go vote, or one that says to go vote for Obama?
"Please Vote Today!"
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#15So, you want me to give you their phone number without their consent? uhm...no.
You can text them yourself; can you not? All the app does is send the numbers through a twilio script on election day that will shoot them a message: "Please Vote Today!"
True - but you have to understand the distrust people have with supplying a website with information like other people's phone numbers. What happens to the numbers after Tuesday? Will the data be used for anything else? Will the message include any additional advertising?
I'm sure you're doing this with the best of intentions, and commend you for that. But you have to understand that healthy skepticism on the internet is necessary to protect yourself.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can text them yourself; can you not? All the app does is send the numbers through a twilio script on election day that will shoot them a message: "Please Vote Today!"
True - but you have to understand the distrust people have with supplying a website with information like other people's phone numbers. What happens to the numbers after Tuesday? Will the data be used for anything else? Will the message include any additional advertising? I'm sure you're doing this with the best of intentions, and commend you for that. But you have to understand that healthy skepticism on the interne…
For sure. I'm not really sure how to handle that though - any suggestions?
The twilio script we are using deletes the numbers after the text "Please Vote Today!" is sent to them. That's all the text will say; no advertising at all.
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#17Better than robo-calls.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can text them yourself; can you not? All the app does is send the numbers through a twilio script on election day that will shoot them a message: "Please Vote Today!"
True - but you have to understand the distrust people have with supplying a website with information like other people's phone numbers. What happens to the numbers after Tuesday? Will the data be used for anything else? Will the message include any additional advertising? I'm sure you're doing this with the best of intentions, and commend you for that. But you have to understand that healthy skepticism on the interne…
Exactly. There's almost no information. Skeptics (like myself) will want to know who is behind this app, why they're doing it, or something. About Us? Terms & Conditions? Privacy Policy?
As someone mentioned above, the fact that it's got am "obama favicon", yet makes no other reference to obama anywhere is also sketchy. Being neutral about the importance of voting is a little more trustworthy.
Resolve all those things, and I'm still not to keen on giving out my friends' phone numbers for fear I'm adding them to a spam list.
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#19We launched a similar sort of thing yesterday, taking advantage of our community we're sending people free stickers if they take a picture of themselves at a polling place or with their ballot papers. http://dft.ba/vote
This idea seems pretty cool, could you not just add an entry to peoples calendars (Might reduce the number of people you could influence to just smartphone users, but I would imagine most people would have smartphones. Guessing it's using Twilio?
Re: Show HN: Get Your Friends To Vote On Election Day
#20We launched a similar sort of thing yesterday, taking advantage of our community we're sending people free stickers if they take a picture of themselves at a polling place or with their ballot papers. http://dft.ba/vote This idea seems pretty cool, could you not just add an entry to peoples calendars (Might reduce the number of people you could influence to just smartphone users, but I would imagine most people would…
Yup. Twilio. We think texting is by far the most powerful way to actually get people out to vote.
I worked a lot at the beginning of the semester on getting my friends registered to vote; now, I really just want to see them get out there and actually vote :)
love your site, BTW!