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> for an unclear reason. I have no comment on the rest of your commentary, but the reason this happened is one of the few things in this story that is quite cl

by _jal 6y ago

> for an unclear reason. I have no comment on the rest of your commentary, but the reason this happened is one of the few things in this story that is quite clear.

prepend 6y ago
I’m clear on why trump was banned. Clear that a coup was attempted and lots of people will, hopefully, be brought to justice. I’m not clear on why the RNC would be kicked off. I’m not being facetious, why was the RNC whatevered by Salesforce?
- matthewdgreen 6y ago
  According to this article [0], the reason given is that they were using Salesforce products to send fundraising emails that claimed the election was stolen. [0] https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/01/11/salesforce-says-it-has-taken-action-against-rnc-email-campaign-that-falsely-claims-election-fraud/ https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/01/11/salesforce-says...
  - prepend 6y ago
    “Hundreds of emails” seems like a poor reason to revoke all activities. It’s hard to say without seeing the actual text but unless they were saying to burn down the capitol, I don’t think political emails saying the election was stolen are noteworthy. This is based on my own experience of getting large numbers of spam letters making all sorts of stupid claims “Jane Doe is a terrorist” “Nancy Pelosi is going to take your guns” “Trump is going to put your kids in cages” “Biden will destroy America” While I would like to block all this crap, if Salesforce is going to drop RNC over “donate to us because the election is stolen” they they will need to drop many other people.
    - matthewdgreen 6y ago
      I don’t think the article says that Salesforce has permanently dropped the RNC. They may just have cut off access to some email capabilities, or even specific emails. And comparing this to other election email without context is disingenuous. If rioters had just stormed the Capitol building over some accusation the DNC was making, you can bet they’d be getting the same treatment.

by _jal 6y ago

> for an unclear reason. I have no comment on the rest of your commentary, but the reason this happened is one of the few things in this story that is quite clear.

prepend 6y ago

I’m clear on why trump was banned. Clear that a coup was attempted and lots of people will, hopefully, be brought to justice. I’m not clear on why the RNC would be kicked off. I’m not being facetious, why was the RNC whatevered by Salesforce?

matthewdgreen 6y ago
According to this article [0], the reason given is that they were using Salesforce products to send fundraising emails that claimed the election was stolen. [0] https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/01/11/salesforce-says-it-has-taken-action-against-rnc-email-campaign-that-falsely-claims-election-fraud/ https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/01/11/salesforce-says...
- prepend 6y ago
  “Hundreds of emails” seems like a poor reason to revoke all activities. It’s hard to say without seeing the actual text but unless they were saying to burn down the capitol, I don’t think political emails saying the election was stolen are noteworthy. This is based on my own experience of getting large numbers of spam letters making all sorts of stupid claims “Jane Doe is a terrorist” “Nancy Pelosi is going to take your guns” “Trump is going to put your kids in cages” “Biden will destroy America” While I would like to block all this crap, if Salesforce is going to drop RNC over “donate to us because the election is stolen” they they will need to drop many other people.
  - matthewdgreen 6y ago
    I don’t think the article says that Salesforce has permanently dropped the RNC. They may just have cut off access to some email capabilities, or even specific emails. And comparing this to other election email without context is disingenuous. If rioters had just stormed the Capitol building over some accusation the DNC was making, you can bet they’d be getting the same treatment.