r/mildlyinfuriating • • 20d ago

Unskippable ad I keep getting threatening texts

I get these ALL the time. I’ve never donated to these “people.” Never supported them. Never voted for them. Nor has my wife. I received four of these today. All threats. Always a telling me it’s my last chance. These are some of the less malicious-sounding ones.

I’m not even sure they’re legitimately from those parties, though I wouldn’t put it past them.

So… report as spam. Report as spam. Report as spam.

It isn’t like it’s painful. Just pretty irritating.

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u/pilgermann 20d ago

Neither works. I get similar texts but from legit Dem organizations. The problem is you're telling one of 1,000 to stop. Reporting spam does nothing, as your phone can't recognize any pattern among the texts and the carriers can't actually block political nonprofits.

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u/SuzQP 20d ago

Welcome to the ActBlue Hellhole. I gave a hundred bucks to Talarico and ActBlue sold my number to every Democrat in the world and each of them is sending beggar-texts on the regular. It is so obnoxious and intrusive I'm not donating anymore.

Somebody at the DNC needs a fucking heads up; this has got to be hurting them financially. Everyone I know is fucking pissed off at this level of harassment.

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u/slowpoke2018 20d ago

Ah Yes, nothing more compelling than hearing a woman worth a couple hundred million saying she needs $10!

 Do these people not have an inner voice telling them how f'd that is?

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u/TwevOWNED 19d ago

Most of the time this is fundraising to distribute funds to other campaigns.

Pelosi was generally popular in her district, which covers a large population of wealthier individuals compared to the rest of the country. Through her, those donations get spread out to hundreds of other races.

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u/BlueBicycle_ 19d ago

But only to the "correct" types of democrats of course