LJ Idol Presents:

Oh definitely. It's totally harder trying to get people to send a message. A single link that's easy to understand.

Keeping different ways of voting reduces the danger of a static audience creating static results. It also forces different kinds of engagement with the game. Which means you have to stop for a moment and put thought into it. When you do that, it's never a bad thing. (But it does have a negative impact on turn out, so that part isn't good)