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Calling the office or faxes work better than e-mail. I suspect a text is a lower tier than e-mail.
by protomyth 5y ago
Calling the office or faxes work better than e-mail. I suspect a text is a lower tier than e-mail.
- Trasmatta 5y agoDo you have a source on that? Don't they pretty much all just feed into the same channels these days?
- protomyth 5y agoTalking to the people who assemble the reports for the congresscritters. Those folks have a strong BS detector, and tend to assign higher engagement with higher effort. Picking up a phone and calling tends to show more effort than a text.
- MattGaiser 5y agoAnecdotal, but this aligns with what I have heard from politicians. The important part is not the message, but rather the amount of effort put into the message. Someone using this bot puts in 2 minutes of effort and no money. Someone writing a letter puts in 20 minutes of time and a dollar for envelope and stamp. Someone who flies to D.C. and protests cares a lot more. Why? The flying protester will remember in two years. The 2 minute texter will not. The flying protestor will vote and probably work on a campaign and donate money. The 2 minute texter might vote and probably will not do much else.
- Trasmatta 5y agoYeah, that makes sense, thanks for the insight. I've always struggled with the best way to be politically active, because so many things feel pointless. I generally just vote and donate money.
- throwawayboise 5y agoAre faxes really still a thing?
- protomyth 5y agoYes. Faxes are still a thing and used. Amazing how many things accept faxes but not emails.