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by Trasmatta 1596 days ago
Do you have a source on that? Don't they pretty much all just feed into the same channels these days?
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Anecdotal, but this aligns with what I have heard from politicians.

The important part is not the message, but rather the amount of effort put into the message. Someone using this bot puts in 2 minutes of effort and no money. Someone writing a letter puts in 20 minutes of time and a dollar for envelope and stamp. Someone who flies to D.C. and protests cares a lot more.

Why? The flying protester will remember in two years. The 2 minute texter will not. The flying protestor will vote and probably work on a campaign and donate money. The 2 minute texter might vote and probably will not do much else.

Yeah, that makes sense, thanks for the insight.

I've always struggled with the best way to be politically active, because so many things feel pointless. I generally just vote and donate money.

Talking to the people who assemble the reports for the congresscritters. Those folks have a strong BS detector, and tend to assign higher engagement with higher effort. Picking up a phone and calling tends to show more effort than a text.