The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night

Re:The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night by jancsika on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:26PM (#22242729)

So when Republicans and Democrats walk from the Capitol to their respective fundraising call centers, is your claim that that there is a different software stack in each building to handle the call automation?

I have no idea how to find out whether those tech stacks are indeed different. But if someone knows the answer I'd definitely find it instructive.

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Re:The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night by relevant_thing on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:54PM (#22242963)

AFAIK the fundraising done by actual elected officials is not highly automated, but tools for phone banking, canvassing, and that sort of organizing are definitely partisan (see for example https://act.ngpvan.com/paid-phones on the Dem side).

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Re:The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night by ncallaway on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:48PM (#22242916)

Probably.

Whenever I've done calling or canvassing for progressive causes or democratic candidates we've used some version of NGP VAN (https://www.ngpvan.com/about).

I wouldn't be surprised if there are some cross-party solutions (especially the closer you get to core infrastructure—I'm sure both parties use AWS).

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Re:The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night by nooron on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @08:50PM (#22243269)

You are right, in the deepest recesses there is crossover. Stripe, media companies/FB for ad buys, Microsoft Azure, AWS. It is very rare anywhere else.

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Re:The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night by tonicb on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:54PM (#22252132)

I would be curious to know if you would expect these companies to be partisan too? And if not, why?

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