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People really gotta stop thinking about it as “posting,” it doesn’t stop being communication because it’s online. If 10,000 of the most powerful people in a country were all in a room together constantly talking back and forth in full public view, it would be incredibly politically important.

I mean I think what people need to realize is that calling your local elected and tweeting at them are just variations on the exact same thing

Oh, I don't agree with that *at all*. The vast majority of electeds (and I say this because the *vast* majority are city and town councilmembers) are not seeing your posts, unless maybe you're talking about Nextdoor.

They’re not seeing your posts, but if there’s something that lots of people are talking about, they’re reading the room and seeing what the consensus feels like. Which your posts contribute to.

And there are many respects where tweeting at them is more effective - they may be more likely to actually see it, it contributes to a sense of consensus, etc. Not always but sometimes, depending on circumstance