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In the past 3 weeks I blocked, no exaggeration, about 350 of these same text messages. They’re almost all for republican fundraisers, and almost always either u

In the past 3 weeks I blocked, no exaggeration, about 350 of these same text messages. They’re almost all for republican fundraisers, and almost always either unscrupulous or borderline fraudulent. Stuff like “50X match if you donate now!”, or “our records indicate you’re voting for Kamala. Click now to set the record straight!”. Sending “Stop” or marking as spam does nothing of course, so I had to get a blocker app. I did finally click on a couple out of curiosity (how much worse could the spam get) and they use every dark pattern there is to try to force a recurring donation. I don’t really get how it’s worth it, but I guess some people must go for it.

Marsymars 2y ago
> They’re almost all for republican fundraisers I'm not American and have never lived in America, but I get email spam for republican, and only republican fundraisers. Unsubscribe seems to work poorly or not at all, the wording seems similarly unscrupulous/borderline fraudulent. So I mark them as spam in gmail/outlook. And I assume this is why there are cases like this: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/1/24211217/judge-dismisses-republican-national-committee-gmail-spam-case https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/1/24211217/judge-dismisses-r...
mbrumlow 2y ago
To even this out I got about as many but for democrats. I think calling out the party says more about you than the practice. My guess is they are all scams. I get the same 500x match to beat Trump 10 or more times a day.
- e40 2y ago
  I think your accusation says more about you than the commentor you replied to.
- llamaimperative 2y ago
  As someone who receives texts from both parties, my experience has been a higher volume of texts from Dems (probably because I’ve donated to more distinct blue-ish groups) but WAY, WAY more predatory and scammy ones from Republicans. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donatio... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/10/us/politics/trump-campaign-donations-merch.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/10/us/politics/t... Normal donation texts are not “scams.” Scams on top of donations are.

Marsymars 2y ago

> They’re almost all for republican fundraisers I'm not American and have never lived in America, but I get email spam for republican, and only republican fundraisers. Unsubscribe seems to work poorly or not at all, the wording seems similarly unscrupulous/borderline fraudulent. So I mark them as spam in gmail/outlook. And I assume this is why there are cases like this: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/1/24211217/judge-dismisses-republican-national-committee-gmail-spam-case https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/1/24211217/judge-dismisses-r...

mbrumlow 2y ago

To even this out I got about as many but for democrats. I think calling out the party says more about you than the practice. My guess is they are all scams. I get the same 500x match to beat Trump 10 or more times a day.

e40 2y ago
I think your accusation says more about you than the commentor you replied to.
llamaimperative 2y ago
As someone who receives texts from both parties, my experience has been a higher volume of texts from Dems (probably because I’ve donated to more distinct blue-ish groups) but WAY, WAY more predatory and scammy ones from Republicans. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donatio... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/10/us/politics/trump-campaign-donations-merch.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/10/us/politics/t... Normal donation texts are not “scams.” Scams on top of donations are.