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Wouldn't it be meaningless, anyway, unless you compare it to the number of people who are opposed to the petition?

franky47 8y ago
I made a progress bar against the NoDeal counter-petition: https://brexit-petitions-count.now.sh https://brexit-petitions-count.now.sh (Pending API availability)
- pmuk 8y ago
  That's actually really cool. Who needs parliament to vote for a second referendum? We can run our own mini referendum using the two petitions :) Brexit petitions in realtime: 710,563 signed for remain - 65.81% #RevokeArticle50 371,020 signed for no deal - 34.17% #NoDeal https://twitter.com/paulmaunders/status/1108684812414533632 https://twitter.com/paulmaunders/status/1108684812414533632
  - lordlimecat 8y ago
    That's a really terrible way to run a statistical study.
- DyslexicAtheist 8y ago
  nice! (minor nitpick: the numbers weren't visible in firefox and had to launch google-chrome to actually view the page).
- pmuk 8y ago
  Does your site cache the numbers? It could be really useful to take some of the load off the main petition's site, as people keep going there and refreshing the page which is overloading it.
  - franky47 8y ago
    It refreshes every 5 seconds, and uses the data from the petition JSON API (just add .json to a petition URL).
    - pmuk 8y ago
      Do you store the results locally on your server so that it isn't making multiple requests for each visitor?
- pmuk 8y ago
  I've just been sharing your site URL around on Twitter quite a bit, but it seems to have broken it! If it doesn't have caching already, would be good to add it!
  - franky47 8y ago
    It relies on the JSON enpoints of the petition API to be up, and with all the load they are unstable at the moment.
- europsucks 8y ago
  It seems the NoDeal-petition is much older. It ends in April, and the Remain-petition ends in August. According to the web site, petitions run for 6 months. So it certainly isn't a counter-petition. They were started with different context, and the remainer petition might only have traction atm because it is new. Anyway - yeah, let's just decide everything with online petitions. Totally legit.
nutjob2 8y ago
Not at all, the point is to have your voice heard.

I made a progress bar against the NoDeal counter-petition: https://brexit-petitions-count.now.sh https://brexit-petitions-count.now.sh (Pending API availability)

pmuk 8y ago
That's actually really cool. Who needs parliament to vote for a second referendum? We can run our own mini referendum using the two petitions :) Brexit petitions in realtime: 710,563 signed for remain - 65.81% #RevokeArticle50 371,020 signed for no deal - 34.17% #NoDeal https://twitter.com/paulmaunders/status/1108684812414533632 https://twitter.com/paulmaunders/status/1108684812414533632
- lordlimecat 8y ago
  That's a really terrible way to run a statistical study.
DyslexicAtheist 8y ago
nice! (minor nitpick: the numbers weren't visible in firefox and had to launch google-chrome to actually view the page).
pmuk 8y ago
Does your site cache the numbers? It could be really useful to take some of the load off the main petition's site, as people keep going there and refreshing the page which is overloading it.
- franky47 8y ago
  It refreshes every 5 seconds, and uses the data from the petition JSON API (just add .json to a petition URL).
  - pmuk 8y ago
    Do you store the results locally on your server so that it isn't making multiple requests for each visitor?
pmuk 8y ago
I've just been sharing your site URL around on Twitter quite a bit, but it seems to have broken it! If it doesn't have caching already, would be good to add it!
- franky47 8y ago
  It relies on the JSON enpoints of the petition API to be up, and with all the load they are unstable at the moment.
europsucks 8y ago
It seems the NoDeal-petition is much older. It ends in April, and the Remain-petition ends in August. According to the web site, petitions run for 6 months. So it certainly isn't a counter-petition. They were started with different context, and the remainer petition might only have traction atm because it is new. Anyway - yeah, let's just decide everything with online petitions. Totally legit.

nutjob2 8y ago

Not at all, the point is to have your voice heard.