FWIW in 2016 I volunteered and wired together an website promoting Clinton, roughly 1M visits. It left me with ashes in my mouth: it didn't do enough, I don't think it changed the conversation and my skills were nearly pointless after it launched.
I see websites qua websites as infowar tools. true or false, they exist to promote a point of view, it's marketing. Useful but really you don't need me for that - just a CC for a domain and a wordpress account.
@kai Yes, it is. I am, perhaps, a little strange. But I think it's probably more productive than just writing something and hoping it'll work.
Or, alternatively, struggling to do things which I'm simply not that interested in or skilled at.
@pnathan no, no, you’re doing it all wrong! 😅
@kai ?
@kai Oh, ok. I thought you were simply being blunt to someone who is fairly ignorant and naive about how effective politics work.
so I'm curious: for those who have executed campaigns with reasonable success in activist circles (and know a little about tech)- what would a backend software engineer do for you?