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HelpImSurrounded

(558 posts) Thu Aug 7, 2025, 05:27 PM Aug 7

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The DNC has finally broken my ability to give [View all]

In recent years I have been more able to donate to party needs. That resource is not unlimited, however, and I need to strategize my giving.

In the past, I did that. I found candidates I wanted to support and donated.

The information I shared with those candidates, however, has been passed around the party like it was a charcuterie tray.

I now get so much email and text so often that I am overwhelmed with requests and am no longer able to strategize.

I get 50-100 times more texts begging for money than I get texts from friends and family. I now cringe at the sound of texts just as I do a phone ringing.

This combined with the storm of fraudsters in the area due to recent flooding and I've simply shut down.

I have one local charity I know and I give to and all my giving will be focused there. I don't have the time or ability to vet all these other requests. So I'm just giving up and doing what I can where I know it makes a difference.

If the party ever learns the etiquette of data privacy, maybe I'll be able to donate again. But until this flood stops, I'm seeking my own shelter.

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The DNC has finally broken my ability to give [View all] HelpImSurrounded Aug 7 OP

Im not sure all those texts are from the DNC, and not from fraudsters Demovictory9 Aug 7 #1

Doesn't matter AverageOldGuy Aug 8 #50

Make sure you unsubcribe from every email Historic NY Aug 7 #2

It stops nothing HelpImSurrounded Aug 7 #4

Yes, it does obamanut2012 Aug 7 #7

Unsubscribing doesn't curb additional proliferation Bobstandard Aug 7 #13

Maybe that's it, markodochartaigh Aug 7 #20

Look for the tiny tiny unsbuscribe button Historic NY Aug 7 #27

Thank you, I do that markodochartaigh Aug 7 #29

gmail now has an unsubscribe button at the top of emails.. tishaLA Aug 7 #35

Did not know that, thank you. dixiegrrrrl Aug 8 #48

When they ask why mercuryblues Aug 8 #51

Report them as spam Sugarcoated Aug 8 #47

I use the spam button liberally. WhiteTara Aug 8 #56

no, it doesn't... berksdem Aug 8 #54

That only slows it down a little for a day or two relayerbob Aug 7 #11

Reply STOP to any unwanted texts Omaha Steve Aug 7 #12

Reply STOP and then BLOCK every phone number you get a text from asking for money if it's not a candidate you know Attilatheblond Aug 7 #31

This should clarify some things MichMan Aug 7 #3

Informative but... HelpImSurrounded Aug 7 #10

Thank you this may turn out to be helpful HelpImSurrounded Aug 8 #69

There is another way. Qutzupalotl Aug 7 #5

Nice! Susan Calvin Aug 7 #25

Likewise LearnedHand Aug 8 #55

I'm with you! I have only given to PBS. ananda Aug 7 #6

Sometimes you just have to draw the line. calimary Aug 7 #8

ActBlue charges 3.95% for the credit card fee THAT IS IT! Omaha Steve Aug 7 #9

And it's important to note that ActBlue won't sell or share your personal info with anyone beyond the group you gave to progressoid Aug 7 #14

I don't think that's true. I wrote to them last year to protest spooky3 Aug 7 #30

From what I understand, they have to share your info with the candidate or organization you donated to. progressoid Aug 7 #36

They may have, but note that the ActBlue statement spooky3 Aug 7 #41

But there are dozens of ways your number gets shared. Actblue notwithstanding. progressoid Aug 7 #46

agree, though from the donor's PoV I can understand there is really no distinction cadoman Aug 8 #64

That doesn't stop the proliferation HelpImSurrounded Aug 7 #37

I don't believe that. Captain Zero Aug 7 #44

I was also getting frustrated with the quantity of texts. BidenRocks Aug 7 #15

I text back STOP and also let them know that we will be withholding our votes from any.. SeattleVet Aug 7 #16

Darn good idea. Glad for the report that it seems to work. Susan Calvin Aug 7 #22

At this point of the cycle I only give to Chris Murphy. hay rick Aug 7 #17

If anyone were to see my Incoming text log, they'd think Totally Tunsie Aug 7 #18

Posted earlier. Please look at this - professional fundraisers are only giving 1.6% of their donations to the causes. erronis Aug 7 #19

That did it for me iemanja Aug 7 #24

It was driving me more nuts than it does, Susan Calvin Aug 7 #21

Too much begging Espoir Aug 7 #23

I get around 100 such "updates" and requests every day lapfog_1 Aug 7 #26

Same. I now report all of them as junk/spam and delete. All of them. Arazi Aug 7 #28

The problem with that is that political solicitations by law are treated spooky3 Aug 7 #42

I hear you and I have done the same sueh Aug 7 #32

I've posted this before :but will repeat what has worked for me: Marie Marie Aug 7 #33

I've been considering this HelpImSurrounded Aug 7 #40

I donate by check only. They don't have my email Raven123 Aug 8 #58

So do I. DFW Aug 9 #81

If you reply, "STOP" to a text message, the sender will no longer send texts dlk Aug 7 #34

It only blocks the number it comes from Mz Pip Aug 7 #39

Keep at it dlk Aug 7 #45

Just once Mz Pip Aug 7 #38

Don't expect it to stop. COL Mustard Aug 7 #43

lol bigtree Aug 8 #49

I get it Cirsium Aug 8 #57

rando's substack? bigtree Aug 8 #62

Funny Cirsium Aug 8 #66

Thanks for your ableism HelpImSurrounded Aug 8 #67

weird use of a word bigtree Aug 8 #71

Just because you can't see it... HelpImSurrounded Aug 10 #87

I never assume these texts are from our side. Mike Niendorff Aug 8 #52

I'm with you. I get inundated. I unsubscribe and text stop however after a few days the floodgates open again. MLAA Aug 8 #53

I stopped all political contributions because of the massive amount of emails and texts. QED Aug 8 #59

I disagree DownriverDem Aug 8 #60

Disagree with what? HelpImSurrounded Aug 8 #68

I use an easy solution, I unsubscribe or block the sender every time I get such a solicitation. It actually works. Martin68 Aug 8 #61

A reccomendation quakerboy Aug 8 #63

I wish I could but a rule in the texts I get (like my email). Every text with the word paulrevere2018 Aug 8 #65

I feel the same way, but what has me really puzzled is how they got my cellphone number. Vinca Aug 8 #70

When you donated to an individual candidate... Lithos Aug 8 #72

I already run my own email server HelpImSurrounded Aug 10 #88

That's cool Lithos Aug 10 #92

Democratic nominees keep insulting and demeaning voters with texts, calls, and emails. They still are not list listening Akakoji Aug 8 #73

it's just a side hustle for the main money grab Be Leave On Aug 8 #74

Decades ago, I never would have considered agreeing with you. Akakoji Aug 9 #75

You aren't mad at the party. You're mad at the money game. How we fund elections is what needs to be fixed ... marble falls Aug 9 #79

Absolutely. Akakoji Aug 10 #94

So both sides are the same, eh? Who are you going to be voting for? I mean, both sides are the same. marble falls Aug 9 #77

complicated Be Leave On Aug 9 #84

So you can support Democratic and GOP candidates? What GOP candidates do you support now? marble falls Aug 10 #86

And your link is a blog site. marble falls Aug 9 #82

If you don't support Democrats, why are you here? W_HAMILTON Aug 9 #76

Exactly right. Why ARE they here? marble falls Aug 9 #78

Post removed Post removed Aug 10 #91

as usual, making it about something else Nimble_Idea Aug 10 #90

Please read more closely Akakoji Aug 10 #93

Oh, I did. W_HAMILTON Aug 10 #95

I was getting dozens of daily emails. Yonnie3 Aug 9 #80

Leave the party Oeditpus Rex Aug 9 #83

I hear you mike_c Aug 9 #85

when they shysters realize no fucking money is coming, maybe they can unfuck themselves Nimble_Idea Aug 10 #89