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Re:Too Much Dark Money in Almonds by greggman2 on Saturday September 21, 2019 @12:36AM (#21033544)
I donate to the EFF and the ACLU and they haven't spammed me not sold my name AFAICT nor do they spam me too much.
Re:Too Much Dark Money in Almonds by mikeash on Saturday September 21, 2019 @01:02AM (#21033615)
I donated to the ACLU a couple of years ago. They’ve since spent the entire amount mailing me solicitations for more. Their latest one was this really obnoxious envelope with FINAL NOTICE written on it. I like their mission but fuck everything about their solicitation techniques.
Re:Too Much Dark Money in Almonds by prepend on Saturday September 21, 2019 @05:56AM (#21034415)
I like to use tracer email addresses. I gave them [email protected] and it’s easy to see when they sell my email address as I’ve only ever used that email address with them.

When I’m bored one day I’ll try to do a genealogy of how these addresses spread from sale to sale. But I don’t think I keep enough spam to get a cool picture.

Re:Too Much Dark Money in Almonds by nullc on Saturday September 21, 2019 @03:07AM (#21033956)
Likewise, bad experiences with the ACLU. ... including fundraising messages that I found offensive (and obviously entirely off message for what I understood the ACLU to stand for).
Re:Too Much Dark Money in Almonds by bonniemuffin on Saturday September 21, 2019 @01:35AM (#21033695)
ACLU is the worst!! I gave them money years ago and they still send me FINAL NOTICE mailers constantly.