Look, kids, this is a very important message, so pay close attention:
Do not, under any circumstances, #donate money to a #political candidate, ever.
If you do, the #spam will be relentless, and it will be unending. It will be unfocused, and it will contain pointless photos. You will receive spam for candidates you've never heard of in states you've never been to. They'll blame immigrants for everything and have a Spanish translation on the back. They'll talk about saving the environment on plastic-covered paper postcards carried by gasoline to every house, just to be thrown in the trash. These messages will secretly multiply in your inbox, breeding in a pit of endlessly focus-tested-to-hell language soup, until you'll no longer be able to find the real messages from real people among the deluge.
Today alone, I've received 8 text messages asking for political donations, only two of which came from a candidate in my state. All for an election that's 16 fucking months away.
Donating to political candidates is schmuck bait, no matter the candidate. Learn from my mistakes.
@LouisIngenthron Use blocking features. Spam is bad, but they're not the only ones who do it. The old PSTN-like system and SMS are almost useless anyway.
The world is run by those who show up.