Has the deluge of Panic Text Messages and Emails Incentivized you to Contribute More or Less?

[msfiddlestix]

And what has been your reaction to those messages, intellectually or emotionally?

26 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Yes. the Panic text and email messaging works for me, I usually send more money in response
	1 (4%)
	No. They do not inspire or incentivize me to send more.
	8 (31%)
	I find them annoying, but understand the tactic/strategy is necessary to raise more money
	5 (19%)
	I find them annoying and delete/block/unsubscribe from my phone and email inbox
	8 (31%)
	I am not at all bothered by panic messages it's an election season after all.
	2 (8%)
	These panic/crises messages invoke confusion, angst and pessimism
	2 (8%)
	If it works, no problem.
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Srkdqltr]

1. I feel slighted, I don't get panicked text messages and emails.

But then I don't put my email and text number out there for Lottie Dottie and everybody.

[Ocelot II]

6. If you've ever contributed through Act Blue, you'd be on that mailing list.

[LeftInTX]

10. Yep, contribute to one campaign and they know about you!

I contributed to Obama and got on everyone's list.

It is what it is. It doesn't bother me.

[AkFemDem]

15. Yes!! Anyone who has ever donated gets barraged

I’m getting them from all over the country, offices I’ve never donated to and can’t vote for. It’s been crazy.

[msfiddlestix]

19. ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t

[Turbineguy]

2. They seem to skirt the edge of

"Demanding money with menaces".

I sometimes get 20 per day.

I gave. I voted. It's not my fault if others choose to screw up all of our futures by not voting or voting for their enemies.

[Wicked Blue]

3. What helps me are the reminders on DU nt

[CrispyQ]

4. I get tired of being asked to send $35 like $35 is nothing.

Yesterday Mandela Barnes asked for $5, so I sent him $5.

[LeftInTX]

9. You are under no obligation

I get tons of emails like that...
I do tend to ignore them because it's the same thing over and over...

[CrispyQ]

18. I don't feel obligated.

My complaint is that it's tone deaf to assume $35 is a small amount to give. Why even put a dollar amount on a donation request? Why not just write "any amount no matter how small helps."

[Ocelot II]

5. Several of these reactions.

This approach must work or they wouldn't do it but I find them annoying, demoralizing and disincentivizing. I have unsubscribed to the worst of them, those from an organization called End Citizens United. AFAIK this is a legit outfit but their email outreach seems really amateurish - lots of all-caps gnashing of teeth and rending of garments and implicitly blaming me, personally, for the collapse of civilization if I don't send money. At least they don't trick you into sending regular contributions like TFG's campaign, but otherwise they seem to be using the same playbook.

[msfiddlestix]

20. Yes, me too. Especially Text msgs are the worst

and in particular, that group with all caps, insinuating support for Trump or a GQP candidate or their agenda is galling to me.

In my text response STOP doesn't seem to work the first time, it has to be done repeatedly.

I finally report as spam which blocks, but still they come in from other numbers.

[Initech]

7. They are annoying as hell and I block / delete every one of them.

[msfiddlestix]

21. ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t

[LeftInTX]

8. Unfortunately, I tend to ignore them.

I get texts from Beto and sometimes they're for events when he's gonna be in my town. Other times, they're for fundraising etc. I often miss the events because I'm ignoring the fundraising. I don't reply "stop" or anything, but I do tend to ignore them.

[Raftergirl]

11. Fortunately most go into my suspect folder.

The rest I just delete, including the text messages.

I give when I feel it’s necessary to give and I choose who I want to give to.

[kwolf68]

12. I ignore them

I delete the texts and move on. I've donated to a couple Dem candidates (Fetterman got my biggest donation) based on my own desire, view and where I think the money was best used. I had thought of donating to candidates outside of PA, but stuck with in-state only.

[RKP5637]

13. I just create a filter in email, a delete folder and automatically dump the real offenders

there. I never see them.

[Qutzupalotl]

14. Less. I had to sit this cycle out

partly for economic reasons, but mostly because of this.

I gave what I could, then they try to squeeze me for more. They sell my info, and the emails multiply like rabbits.

[yardwork]

16. I think the panicked distraught tone is counter-effective.

I get emails and texts from "Nancy Pelosi" sobbing and saying she's giving up. That's nothing like Nancy! She's a bad ass. She doesn't wail and give up. Why does our party do this?

[ismnotwasm]

17. I have an entire dedicated e-mail they go to.