Joe Biden

Yeah, the email inbox is a more regulated place, right, by Gmail or by whatever other service you use. And so things get sorted out. There's also still an ongoing war around deliverability. And so the more of these bad practices that you engage in in email, the worse your email will perform in terms of getting to the people who actually signed up and want it.

And so there is a kind of balance to the economy of how email works, even though people are still doing a bunch of these practices, especially in the scam pack and like organizational area.

And so there is a kind of balance to the economy of how email works, even though people are still doing a bunch of these practices, especially in the scam pack and like organizational area.

Yeah, it's pretty much bullshit. The cost of doing business in the bad way is higher than doing business the right way and building your campaign and your organization from the bottom up ethically with consent and people opting in. And the idea that we have to do things that people hate in order to run campaigns is not limited to fundraising, right?

Yeah, it's pretty much bullshit. The cost of doing business in the bad way is higher than doing business the right way and building your campaign and your organization from the bottom up ethically with consent and people opting in. And the idea that we have to do things that people hate in order to run campaigns is not limited to fundraising, right?

And it's really toxic and something that needs to go. We don't have to make... shitty TV ads that people hate. We don't have to have organizational cultures run by really aggro, awful people managers with a bunch of HR problems in campaign organizations. There are lots of things about campaigns that people excuse in the name of winning or fundraising or whatever. And

And it's really toxic and something that needs to go. We don't have to make... shitty TV ads that people hate. We don't have to have organizational cultures run by really aggro, awful people managers with a bunch of HR problems in campaign organizations. There are lots of things about campaigns that people excuse in the name of winning or fundraising or whatever. And

I think there are enough examples now, going back to us piloting certain things with Obama, Warren, Bernie, AOC, others, that you really can make different choices and have a campaign be something good that people enjoy their experience with. And by the way, that's better for the brand, right? That's better for the party. That's better for the organization you're building.

I think there are enough examples now, going back to us piloting certain things with Obama, Warren, Bernie, AOC, others, that you really can make different choices and have a campaign be something good that people enjoy their experience with. And by the way, that's better for the brand, right? That's better for the party. That's better for the organization you're building.

That's better for the campaign organization that will be left over when the campaign is over, because too often a campaign, especially presidential campaigns. you wind up, whether you win or lose, it's still just an empty parking lot full of garbage, right, that the carnival left town.

That's better for the campaign organization that will be left over when the campaign is over, because too often a campaign, especially presidential campaigns. you wind up, whether you win or lose, it's still just an empty parking lot full of garbage, right, that the carnival left town.

And if you're trying to actually build a relationship with people who want to do something, want to help you govern, who want to help you get other people elected like them, that's a much more powerful thing politically to do. And also, it helps that you are most able to do that by doing it the right way. I like the metaphor of parking

And if you're trying to actually build a relationship with people who want to do something, want to help you govern, who want to help you get other people elected like them, that's a much more powerful thing politically to do. And also, it helps that you are most able to do that by doing it the right way. I like the metaphor of parking

There are a few actors that are the worst, but unfortunately, it's quite prevalent. There's very few of us, like Blue State, who are not engaged in these practices and trying to help campaigns build for the long term, build the right way. Campaigns and organizations and party committees and things like that. I would give the campaigns that you care about the feedback when they are...

There are a few actors that are the worst, but unfortunately, it's quite prevalent. There's very few of us, like Blue State, who are not engaged in these practices and trying to help campaigns build for the long term, build the right way. Campaigns and organizations and party committees and things like that. I would give the campaigns that you care about the feedback when they are...

treating you in a way that you don't like. But also, I think there's room here for some institution or media outlet or organization to assign itself the task of basically consumer protection here, right? If some party committee or media outlet decided that they wanted to solicit all of the complaints for unsolicited text messages and emails and stuff that grassroots donors on the

treating you in a way that you don't like. But also, I think there's room here for some institution or media outlet or organization to assign itself the task of basically consumer protection here, right? If some party committee or media outlet decided that they wanted to solicit all of the complaints for unsolicited text messages and emails and stuff that grassroots donors on the

You could report out the worst actors on a campaign basis. You could go do the investigation to find out what vendors they're paying that result in these massive spikes in complaints. So I think there is a way to get at this that doesn't require government intervention or the DNC shutting people off of the voter file or whatever.

You could report out the worst actors on a campaign basis. You could go do the investigation to find out what vendors they're paying that result in these massive spikes in complaints. So I think there is a way to get at this that doesn't require government intervention or the DNC shutting people off of the voter file or whatever.

I think surfacing it and making it a little bit more transparent would help campaigns and organizations make better decisions.