I think there is no harm in setting up an alert in case there are more threads about him. The earlier you arrive in a thread, the greater the opportunity to influence the discussion. If people are going to be reading a negative comment anyways, I don’t think there is much harm in replying, at least on reddit—I don’t think reddit tends to generate more views for a thread with more activity, the way twitter can. In fact, replying to the older threads on reddit could be a good way to test out messaging, since almost no one is reading at this point, but you might get replies from people who left negative comments and learn how to change their mind. I’ve had success arguing for minority positions on my local subreddit by being friendly, respectful, and factual.
Beyond that I’m really not sure, creating new threads could be a high-risk/high-reward strategy to use if he’s falling in the polls. Maybe get him to do an AMA?
My local subreddit’s subscriber count is about 20% of the population of the city, and I’ve never seen a political candidate post there, even though there is lots of politics discussion. I think making an AMA saying what you’ve learned from talking to voters, and asking users what issues are most important to them, early in a campaign could be a really powerful strategy (edit: esp. if prearranged w/ subreddit moderators). I don’t know if there is a comparable subreddit for District 6 though, e.g. this subreddit only has about 1% of the city population according to Wikipedia, and it’s mostly pretty pictures right now so they might not like it if you started talking about politics.
Lots of useful insights. At this point, I’m more on the side of doing this, which is not fanning the flames.
″ How should I respond to takes on EA that I disagree with?
Maybe not at all — it may not be worth fanning the flames.
If you do respond, it helps to link to a source for the counter-point you want to make. That way, curious people who see your interaction can follow the source to learn more.”
I think there is no harm in setting up an alert in case there are more threads about him. The earlier you arrive in a thread, the greater the opportunity to influence the discussion. If people are going to be reading a negative comment anyways, I don’t think there is much harm in replying, at least on reddit—I don’t think reddit tends to generate more views for a thread with more activity, the way twitter can. In fact, replying to the older threads on reddit could be a good way to test out messaging, since almost no one is reading at this point, but you might get replies from people who left negative comments and learn how to change their mind. I’ve had success arguing for minority positions on my local subreddit by being friendly, respectful, and factual.
Beyond that I’m really not sure, creating new threads could be a high-risk/high-reward strategy to use if he’s falling in the polls. Maybe get him to do an AMA?
My local subreddit’s subscriber count is about 20% of the population of the city, and I’ve never seen a political candidate post there, even though there is lots of politics discussion. I think making an AMA saying what you’ve learned from talking to voters, and asking users what issues are most important to them, early in a campaign could be a really powerful strategy (edit: esp. if prearranged w/ subreddit moderators). I don’t know if there is a comparable subreddit for District 6 though, e.g. this subreddit only has about 1% of the city population according to Wikipedia, and it’s mostly pretty pictures right now so they might not like it if you started talking about politics.
Lots of useful insights. At this point, I’m more on the side of doing this, which is not fanning the flames.
″ How should I respond to takes on EA that I disagree with?
Maybe not at all — it may not be worth fanning the flames.
If you do respond, it helps to link to a source for the counter-point you want to make. That way, curious people who see your interaction can follow the source to learn more.”