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So then the good guys like us are constantly sweating the details about getting consent.
But then I get dozens of political donation spam messages and I wonder if Twilio and others even give a shit because they make so much money from these.
These texts have taught me to never make a political donation, ever. My tactic has been to tell them if they keep texting me I will vote for their opponent, simply out of spite. There are a bunch of lists, so I’ve had to do this a few times over the last couple elections, but things over the last several months have been pretty peaceful when it comes to political texts.
Also they have merged my brother and my info in whatever crappy database so they all call me by my brother’s name.
So my view is “if your political operation is such a shit show that you can’t even get good data, why should I assume you know anything?”
I made a political donation a few elections ago. I now get 5+ new political text messages a day.
I'm a semi-recent convert back to iPhone from Pixel. One thing I deeply miss is spam filtering of text messages. This is a huge lacking feature in iPhone. You don't get these kind of low-interest texts on Pixel. Truly spammy texts get filtered to a spam folder. Political texts like this still exist, but they don't generate notifications. Note that political messages are specifically exempt from anti-spam legislation…
It’s actually quite hilarious because companies like Twilio are so strict about SMS compliance, yet we get so much damn spam. So then the good guys like us are constantly sweating the details about getting consent. But then I get dozens of political donation spam messages and I wonder if Twilio and others even give a shit because they make so much money from these.
They don't care because most all political messages in any form are exempt from spam legislation, so, at worst, the impact to Twilio is perception in the market (and how many people know what companies are driving SMS communications?)
I'm a semi-recent convert back to iPhone from Pixel. One thing I deeply miss is spam filtering of text messages. This is a huge lacking feature in iPhone. You don't get these kind of low-interest texts on Pixel. Truly spammy texts get filtered to a spam folder. Political texts like this still exist, but they don't generate notifications. Note that political messages are specifically exempt from anti-spam legislation…
My tactic is similar to that of a poster below. I respond back with “ I don't vote for candidates who text spam me. Die in a fire.” and block the number.
These texts have taught me to never make a political donation, ever. My tactic has been to tell them if they keep texting me I will vote for their opponent, simply out of spite. There are a bunch of lists, so I’ve had to do this a few times over the last couple elections, but things over the last several months have been pretty peaceful when it comes to political texts.
Yup I will never ever make a political donation for this reason. Also they have merged my brother and my info in whatever crappy database so they all call me by my brother’s name. So my view is “if your political operation is such a shit show that you can’t even get good data, why should I assume you know anything?”
I made a political donation a few elections ago. I now get 5+ new political text messages a day.
Yup these jackasses don’t realize the irony that their very spamming for money is the reason many of us will never give money again.
I also dislike the hyperbole in the messages. It's not "Hi, I'm Adam running for xyz position", but "My opponent is trying to destroy the country! Donate now to save America!"
It’s actually quite hilarious because companies like Twilio are so strict about SMS compliance, yet we get so much damn spam. So then the good guys like us are constantly sweating the details about getting consent. But then I get dozens of political donation spam messages and I wonder if Twilio and others even give a shit because they make so much money from these.
> But then I get dozens of political donation spam messages and I wonder if Twilio and others even give a shit because they make so much money from these. They don't care because most all political messages in any form are exempt from spam legislation, so, at worst, the impact to Twilio is perception in the market (and how many people know what companies are driving SMS communications?)