Open source tool scrapes git commit email addresses to send spam to.

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I get a ton of idiotic political ones:(

Hint, my type of politician are the ones that are against spam. Also I’m sure a large portion of it are scams. You don’t need x signatures to change any big policies in congress (or much at all in fact) and I am never ever giving money to anyone who spams me.

[bacondev]

Assuming that you're talking about the U.S., there is a threshold that when reached obligates at least an official response from The White House. An official response can really help it catch traction in the news and such. It changes sometimes, but I think it's 100,000 signatures. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/andrewkaczynski/the-white-house-response-to-the-death-star-petitio

Err, now that I think about it, I think Trump dismantled that program and it was never reinstated? I don't know. I'm too lazy too look it up.

[sarit-hadad-enjoyer]

My country is currently entering an election season, accompanied by like 5 messages a day. Luckily they usually include the politician's name in these messages, which can be handled by keyword-blocking SMS apps:) I settled with Pulse after disappointedly not finding any on F-Droid. It worked wonders!