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RockRaven

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4. I don't react positively to those either.

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:11 PM

Oct 2020

It's so much more likely to engage me if it is like "we're fighting really hard for you... but this is really tough... we need your help to win... if you can give anything it would make a big difference... help us help you and everyone else... yadda yadda"

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The desperate sounding doom and gloom messages seeking more donations don't inspire me [View all] captain queeg Oct 2020 OP

I feel the same way about those soothsayer Oct 2020 #1

Nope I put them in the trash bin Jamesyu Oct 2020 #2

Today oswaldactedalone Oct 2020 #3

I don't react positively to those either. RockRaven Oct 2020 #4

Pretty standard fundraising technique. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #5

Nope. Unsubscribed, blocked, deleted all of them now Arazi Oct 2020 #6

It is a little late to be asking for money. not_the_one Oct 2020 #7

Nope. They piss me off and make me feel manipulated. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #8

No. I think they overdid it this time, but I understand why. ecstatic Oct 2020 #9

I immediately unsubscribe from any and all emails like that I get. I can and do make up my own progree Oct 2020 #10

Well, since I'm in Iowa, and since that stinking poll came out today, Sogo Oct 2020 #11

I think I received about 150 e-mails yesteraday I deleted e-mails at least 4 times. doc03 Oct 2020 #12

I donated $50 today for the final push XanaDUer2 Oct 2020 #13