[fennecfoxen]

Not the poster, but

When I was at $STARTUP we had ads on Instagram and what have you. I am told we targeted a few at the group which was essentially [$STARTUP employees and family]. Unlike our real targets ($N million per year income - it’s a boutique investment product), it was not very expensive, and there were few of us, and it left us more aware of how the company was positioning itself.

This was a small company. Targeting this group is remarkably narrow.

Imagine that your senator can be targeted and goes online and sees ads of your choosing… I don’t know, imagine just a tremendous number of ads addressing $STATE residents and offering help with the record high price of heating oil (then touting insulation, all year payment plans, new boilers, anything).

Will he think people are worried about the price of oil? Could that affect his input on some climate bill?

And that is without planting or promoting anything that even looks like politics or citizens actively complaining.