First let me say I’m a huge fan of Barack Obama, so much so that he’s the first candidate that I’ve actually donated to. Lately however I’m starting to get annoyed with his campaign’s lack of appreciating my privacy.

I made my donation to the Obama campaign early on in 2007 and I received a auto-generated email thanking me for my donation; mechanical but nice touch. A bit later another email came into my inbox from David Plouff – Obama Campaign Manager filling me in on the latest happenings. Then Jon Carson the National Voter Contract Director, then from Barack himself asking for donations.

A couple of points. Just because I donated doesn’t mean I wanted to receive 3-4 emails a week. Give me the option to OPT-IN after my donation but don’t assume I want to read pages of propaganda each week. They’ve sent over so many emails that I no longer read them, they are flagged for SPAM at this point.

I still wholeheartedly support Obama but I’d really appreciate it if his campaign learns to respect email marketing best practices.