Having donated even once to a Democratic candidate or progressive cause, you are punished with a lifetime of incessant spam.
My response: I've crafted email filters that block mail from companies that candidates and causes hire to do their email campaigns.
This means I probably block some worthy things I might actually want to see.
So everyone loses, because political spammers don't value the online community.
@dangillmor Yeah, I get a lot of that junk - and it is junk. It is not quite as hyperbolic as the right-wing spam, but it also devoid of any message other than "send money".
There's no educational content to inform voters and the emails do not suggest courses of action (other than sending a credit card number).
Basically if the D's are paying for that junk they are throwing their money away (and at the same time causing potential voters to get numb and to erect spam filters.)
Dan Gillmor
Karl Auerbach