• zephorah@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Does door knocking work? I don’t answer the door anymore, haven’t for a while. I check the cameras. If I don’t recognize someone or their uniform I don’t get up.

    Same with picking up the phone. Leave a message and I’ll call back, if it’s relevant. Don’t leave a message and there’s no callback.

    And I’m skeptical of text surveys, what new scam could be contained within?

    Who is doing participating in these polls? Is this all boomer data? Or are they just pulling numbers out of air for headlines?

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      2 months ago

      I’m there with you.

      We have a camera on the driveway and the front walk. We have a sign at the start of the front walk that, in compliance with state/federal law requirements, says no politics (among others). Anybody who makes it to the door gets yelled at for not reading the sign and asked for their permit from the city to go door to door.

      We really don’t like people, outside of expected visitors/deliveries, coming to our door. Our dogs lose their minds barking and then are on high alert for a while going off at every little noise.

      Political texts, regardless of party or content, get an automatic delete and mark junk. Same with emails.

      Mailers don’t make it into the house and go right into the recycling.

      We don’t vote based on the best marketing campaign.

      • We really don’t like people, outside of expected visitors/deliveries, coming to our door. Our dogs lose their minds barking and then are on high alert for a while going off at every little noise.

        Your dogs take their emotional cues from you. You lose your mind when someone comes to your door unexpectedly, said so yourself.