GetThru
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GetThru, formerly Relay, is an American company that provides a peer-to-peer political text messaging platform.
Daniel Souweine is a cofounder and CEO.[1] He was the National Texting Program director for Bernie Sanders's 2016 campaign and has a B.A. in political science from Brown University.
Other political P2P texting platforms include Hustle on the Democratic side and RumbleUp and Opn Sesame on the Republican side.[2][3]
History
[edit]Relay
[edit]Relay was created by 2016 Sanders campaign alumni and has been used by left-leaning campaigns and organizations such as ACLU and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.[1][2][3]
GetThru
[edit]In April 2019, Relay was renamed to GetThru to avoid confusion with Relay Networks, a used telecom hardware seller in Minnesota.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Mak, Aaron. "Get Ready. Presidential Campaigns Are About to Start Texting You All the Time". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
A number of similar platforms have also cropped up, including Relay, which was founded by alumni of the Sanders campaign
- ^ a b "US midterm candidates blitz reluctant voters with texts". ft.com. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Text campaigns are changing American politics — and nobody's ready - VICE". vice. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ GetThru. "Relay is now GetThru". Medium. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
Last year, a company named Relay Networks, which provides customer service software for large businesses, contacted us after someone interested in Relay texting reached out to them by mistake. Relay Networks expressed concern that our use of the name Relay would create confusion in the marketplace, reducing the value of their brand. We made extensive efforts to negotiate with Relay Networks, but they were firm in their position, and we ultimately decided that discretion was the better part of valor.