OK, I get it. Spam is the price we pay for progressivism and democracy.
But don't mistake compliance for acceptance.
TL:DR - Don't treat us like anything other than conscientious progressives with human limits.
Follow me beneath the great orange pillow (which is on top of my phone), and help me help you stay out of my Junk folder.
If I'm going to pretend that you, young sociopath/campaign manager/email coordinator, know what the fuck you're talking about with regard to database metrics, or to replicating the Obama 2010 IT strategy on your iPads, we're going to set some ground rules.
1. This isn't our fault. And if you still lose, no, really, it's not our fault.
My Mom once said, of campaign emails: "I do not react well to being shamed." She's been a progressive for 70 years. She's worked as hard as I have to elect Democratic candidates, and she doesn't EVER have to be asked to give. She captained a neighborhood which won for Obama and thus helped carry Florida in 2010.
So why would you send her or anyone an email that says she has given NO DONATION and piss her off and get her to stop?
I know Kos understands this because he admitted so in his own polemic, but you probably have us on your list because we gave already, so you know, too. Why would you not only pretend to keep score but also actually SEND something that says we haven't? "Hi, Fuck You, Deadbeat, Can I Have Some Money?"
Putting a thermometer on you is awesome. Putting a thermometer on us is the height of idiocy. Do better, Omar. DCCC.
Treat us with respect. See Grayson, Alan and Warren, Elizabeth for examples of how to engage your supporters for the adults they are.
2. We gave to You, not your BFF who's eight points up. Selling lists? Really? How do you know if we have or haven't already joined a list? I'm on Merkley's and Brown's, and each of them suggested me to the other. Like I lived in a bubble.
I'd say it's OK to suggest other candidates, but provide a link and let us manage it ourselves. That's how people get two and three copies of the same email.
Corollary to that...
3. Yes, I did see __'s email. Because I'm not Drew Barrymore in Fifty First Dates. Especially since the email to which Breathless Campaign Assistant is referring is right next to the one they sent. Email followups are not retweets. I don't need several or even two of them.
4. Honor our unsubscribes. Now. The law says you have to give us an unsubscribe option, Kos says we are allowed to unsubscribe, and only cops and Republicans are above the law the law isn't being followed if you wait six weeks to process our request and/or uh, forget. That gets you a Rule in my mailbox and possibly money to your opponent, ESPECIALLY if you're in a primary.
5. Don't tell us. Show us. I still haven't seen any clip of Wendy Davis' second debate with Woman-Hating Dickhead Republican Candidate, but I know she kicked ass. Because Wendy told me so. Three times.
This goes double for squishy candidates. But you have to have a pretty good idea of why (and keep doing that) if you ever want to see money from me again.
6. You're not cute, or particularly that funny (anymore). Writing the inside-baseball shit like where to put the "Ask" (how meta!) isn't doing you any favors. We give because you're a warrior for progressivism, and I saw when you first joined the Senate, Senator Franken, you said no more humor was forthcoming, because you had a Job to do!
6. Finally, understand you don't have to email to get money. I watch MSNBC, and I read the web. I know who's got their heart in the right place, who's running against someone who Must Be Stopped and who can keep the Republican Balance Viewpoint from sucking all the air out of the segment; that goes a long way toward getting my modest contribution than the email (and the Breathless Followup!) ever did. I'll find You.
More sincere contributions and straight shooting. Less cheesiness and freedom rockets.