Because it IS fucking annoying, mostly because it shows a serious lack of respect. Giving a donation to a candidate, no matter how worthy, gets you put on a global “sucker” list that will cause every scam-PAC and hopeless candidate to send you begs for money.
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Replying to @ncweaver @SteveBellovin
People are mining public filings and reselling that information. It's illegal and unethical, but that's what happens. Don't assume that whatever campaign you gave to sold you out.
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And if you think that democracy is in the balance, then I'm sorry, but man up a little. You'll get some spam.
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Replying to @Pinboard @SteveBellovin
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@ErrataRob: They specifically do this. I don’t bother spam-trapping my political donations but others do, and I’m going to start... So how about the campaigns man up a little and stop squeezing a single extra buck by selling our contact info?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Because your assumption that they're selling it is a false assumption. Like I said upthread, people are mining public filings. Consultants are harvesting lists.
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In my case, I give fake physical address information, phone number, and name along with my $5 donation, so the only way the email address can be know is if it's sold. Email addresses aren't part of public filings.
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You are tweeting about breaking the law :-)
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Contributions over $50 require a real mailing address. I don't know the chapter and verse of election law, or whether it's the campaign or the donor who does hard time for violating it
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And you notice Rob said $5....
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No, I didn't notice, I misread that!
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