Technology Gets Political: Upstart Resistbot Faxes Lawmakers For You

In these days of constantly contacting politicians to make sure our voices are heard, along comes a new technology to make things a bit easier.Meet Resistbot, a free service that turns texts into faxes that are then sent to politicians across the country. Launched last month, the service is run by volunteers and supported by donations.To mobilize the operation, users simply text the word resist to 50409. The automated bot will ask for a name and zip code to determine which public officials to contact. First messages go to senators, but users can also send them to representatives.Hard at work rn #resist pic.twitter.com/Nlzo5pOcB3 Resistbot (@botresist) March 24, 2017 Creativity and clarity are key. Since the service doesnt handle form letters, the user must create his or her own message.Our research shows that form letters are totally ignored by Congress. Only original, unique messages count, the Resistbot website states.But they dont have to be complicated or fancy. Just a few sentences from a real-life voter gets their attention. Dont worry about typos or mistakes, that just further shows youre a real person.Turning texts into faxes is a service that is not limited to any political party. Co-creator Jason Putorti told Recode earlier this month that the site will faithfully deliver any message our users send in, but the voice of the product is for the liberals and conservatives in opposition to the Trump administration.I've already sent more than 80,000 faxes today! They're going to need more staffers to handle all that inbound. pic.twitter.com/WUKOAEEIxv Resistbot (@botresist) March 23, 2017 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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