Comments on: Obama and Text Messaging

By: david leeman

david leeman — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:17:00 +0000

man obama is such an idiot who cares not what the american people want or care about hes got an agenda to ruin this country any way he can but i for one wont stand for it he couldnt lead a cub scout troup for a day let alone the greatest country in the world all he wants to do is golf…and he sucks at that too im asking you …no begging you impeach this man before he ruins our country and walks all over the constitution

By: david leeman

david leeman — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:58:00 +0000

obama get the hell out of office before you ruin this country i love youre no leader you couldnt lead a cub scout troup for a day let alone the greatest country in the world go play golf with your ugly wife n kids thats what you do bestbut get out and give our country a fighting chanceand with you in office were allgoing down with the ship except you you have kenya to fall back on

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By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:04:22 +0000

Todd – I actually began getting texts from the Obama campaign two weeks ago, and I immediately called and emailed them to tell them to C&D.

I do get charged $.25 for each text I receive. Personally, I would rather get emails that 1) I can choose whether or not to open and read, and 2) that are free.

More than anything, what irritated me about the Obama text messages was that there was no way to opt out (although since my call and email, I haven’t received any more).

By: Todd Zeigler

Todd Zeigler — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:27:39 +0000

Brian – I actually don’t think having just the phone number is that big deal. In all cases you’ll have the area code, which will allow you to send location specific content. For example, I’ve gotten messages from the Obama campaign about rallies in my area. In addition, texts have to be abbreviated due to the character limits, so people don’t usually waste time addressing people by name, etc. in their normal text messages. So even if you did have a lot of data you could use to personalize things I don’t think you’d have the space to do it.

Regarding Graff’s article, I did see it. I was actually contacted by the Times the day after it ran, which leads me to think the piece I was quoted in was a follow up of some sort.

By: Brian Reich

Brian Reich — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:05:27 +0000

I saw the article yesterday and thought your quote was good. Thanks for publishing the rest of the discussion.

I am curious – do you feel that that only having the cell phone number – not the name, zip code (since cell phone numbers don’t necessarily correspond to where the person lives) or any other identifying information – is a limitation? Text messaging lacks the personalization that has proven to be so effective in some of the more traditional online engagement options. Interested in your thoughts.

(Also, I thought it was interesting that the New York Times still published an article about the text messaging announcement when their editorial page had featured an op-ed by Garrett Graff over the weekend addressing some of the same issues. Did you see his piece?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08.....RC8rrWeOg)