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Jordan@inventitorfixit · CEO, Rocketship Labs
Do you suppose that calling it Resistbot limits your audience by 50%? Is this more of an app for political engagement where growth is your focus or more of a political statement to enable people to express their anti-Trumpness easily?
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Eric Ries@ericries
@inventitorfixit I gave that a lot of thought, but I figured that most people who are contacting Congress are not calling to say "great job." Generally speaking, these kinds of tools are used to resist, hence the name. There's nothing in the app that requires you to be anti-Trump.
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Jason Putorti@putorti · AngelList
@inventitorfixit Hey Jordan, thanks for writing. For me personally, this was about being true to my values and passion. We may be leaving Trump folks out with this project, but hope to inspire a smaller and more passionate audience by genuinely sharing their values. Also I've been involved in several non-partisan projects over the past few years which never … See more
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Jordan@inventitorfixit · CEO, Rocketship Labs
@ericries yea, I guess I kind of wished it was called EngageBot. It kinda assumes a 4 year or 8 year life to the product (or the name making sense at least). It also assumes the type of contact you want to have. Presumably if you're looking to chat with your Republican Senator about an infrastructure bill... you aren't resisting anything? I love the idea,… See more
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Jordan@inventitorfixit · CEO, Rocketship Labs
@putorti totally can appreciate that. I think it's way better to be polarizing from a growth perspective, too. Just curious if the aim was a platform for anyone or a tool designed to fight for a specific set of values.
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Anthony Glyadchenko@anthony_glyadchenko
@inventitorfixit If this were only about what is true and right. This is the herr herr Trump sucks slant of idiocy.
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Jason Bedunah@jason_bedunah · JasonBedunah.com
@inventitorfixit Don't worry Jordan. I've sent this to DrudgeReport.
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