Great article on how social media driven fundraising is not advancing our goal of getting political power, by misallocating money to campaigns with a compelling story or famous online brand.https://www.businessinsider.com/fixing-social-media-fundraising-inequality-hurting-smaller-election-candidates-2020-8 …
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The situation reminds me of those "give small loans to the poor" social charity websites that appeared a few years ago. Some deserving people have compelling, fascinating stories! But some are just regular normal people. Others are jerks, but could still use the help!
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I've come to think that 90% of what goes wrong with social media of any kind is that it rewards drama. It makes me want to just end it all!
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Anyway, give to the State Slate. The money goes far, the candidates are good (and a lot of overlap with similar efforts like
@sister_district, if you'd rather donate there). The funding approach is like watering the desert—nothing can bloom without it.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/state_slate_2 …Show this thread
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do you have an article that best sums up this philosophy? Trying to convince my spouse to authorize political donation for the first time, and struggling to be convincing.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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