Assume what you please. I will assume that they have a few priorities higher on their list than litigating over this. And that the cream will rise to the top. Their reputation will survive this. Most voters are also worried about a whole bunch of things ahead of this one. Let's see. Litigating against the likes of Enron, who wipes out its own stockholders and employees financially, vs a podunk spamming company, who simply annoys people. Hmmm....
I am a Dean supporter. We are (as Nicco well knows) constantly complaining that we don't get ENOUGH email from the Dean campaign. It seems a little strange that they would go to the effort and expense of spamming total strangers on the off chance that this would turn some of them into Dean supporters, when they don't have time to send enough email to people who they KNOW would like to get it and, moreover, who they know will contribute, contribute, contribute whenever they so much as hint they need more money. Doesn't it?
Also, who the heck could possibly know how net savvy they are? They don't have anything like enough time (as Nicco knows only too well) to display whatever skills they have. As a constant visitor to their website, it's (often painfully) clear to me as that Dean campaign wasn't much more prepared than anyone else for the explosion in support for Dean that occurred over the summer. If they didn't check out the vendor as carefully as they should have, or otherwise didn't handle this perfectly, it is most likely due to sheer overload, not malice aforethought. They are struggling to keep up. If you want to see a webmaster's nightmare, try to find the threads on their blog (there were several in succession 'cause they open a new one after 200 or so messages have been posted to one) after the campaign revised the home page and asked bloggers for comments. They must have gotten nearly 1,000...everything from the colors to the font size, plus content suggestions. (I gave them a dozen or so myself.) And, bless their hearts, they have been doggedly trying to implement as many as they can.
Finally...when I signed up for the Dean Meetup group, the first four words I put in my profile were "I'm a cynical independent..." I'm not easily swayed, but I have to say that the Dean folks are pretty good people, whether you agree with their political positions or not. I'm not shocked by much in politics, either, but I'd be truly shocked if they were intentionally spamming people. And triple-shocked if they were lying about it. That just ain't their style.
Oh...
Julie Omohundro
jeomo@mindspring.com
Spam away and see if I care! GO DEAN!!!!
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i long for the day when the *president* writes a daily weblog. Oh no, not another Bob Graham supporter! :-)!
Assume what you please. I will assume that they have a few priorities higher on their list than litigating over this. And that the cream will rise to the top. Their reputation will survive this. Most voters are also worried about a whole bunch of things ahead of this one. Let's see. Litigating against the likes of Enron, who wipes out its own stockholders and employees financially, vs a podunk spamming company, who simply annoys people. Hmmm....
I am a Dean supporter. We are (as Nicco well knows) constantly complaining that we don't get ENOUGH email from the Dean campaign. It seems a little strange that they would go to the effort and expense of spamming total strangers on the off chance that this would turn some of them into Dean supporters, when they don't have time to send enough email to people who they KNOW would like to get it and, moreover, who they know will contribute, contribute, contribute whenever they so much as hint they need more money. Doesn't it?
Also, who the heck could possibly know how net savvy they are? They don't have anything like enough time (as Nicco knows only too well) to display whatever skills they have. As a constant visitor to their website, it's (often painfully) clear to me as that Dean campaign wasn't much more prepared than anyone else for the explosion in support for Dean that occurred over the summer. If they didn't check out the vendor as carefully as they should have, or otherwise didn't handle this perfectly, it is most likely due to sheer overload, not malice aforethought. They are struggling to keep up. If you want to see a webmaster's nightmare, try to find the threads on their blog (there were several in succession 'cause they open a new one after 200 or so messages have been posted to one) after the campaign revised the home page and asked bloggers for comments. They must have gotten nearly 1,000...everything from the colors to the font size, plus content suggestions. (I gave them a dozen or so myself.) And, bless their hearts, they have been doggedly trying to implement as many as they can.
Finally...when I signed up for the Dean Meetup group, the first four words I put in my profile were "I'm a cynical independent..." I'm not easily swayed, but I have to say that the Dean folks are pretty good people, whether you agree with their political positions or not. I'm not shocked by much in politics, either, but I'd be truly shocked if they were intentionally spamming people. And triple-shocked if they were lying about it. That just ain't their style. Oh... Julie Omohundro jeomo@mindspring.com Spam away and see if I care! GO DEAN!!!!