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Has a change.org petition ever done... anything?
by chrisbolt 5y ago
Has a change.org petition ever done... anything?
- lallysingh 5y agoIt makes the petitioners feel like they've done something.
- stavros 5y agoMy petition to stop petitions from achieving anything has been a wild success.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoWhere do I sign?
- stavros 5y agohttp://chng.it/LFQSp5nc7r http://chng.it/LFQSp5nc7r
- eloisius 5y agoSigning a peittion earned me so spam one time that it helped motivate me to move my email from gmail.com to my own domain, so I'd say it's not useless.
- lovemenot 5y agoI down-voted you, in the hope that it'll spur you on to even greater things.
- lazyasciiart 5y agoThey regularly reveal a complete failure to understand the topic, for both the author and anyone willing to sign them.
- spoonjim 5y agoThe effect is on the petitioners. By signing the petition it puts that issue more front and center in their minds. They will be more aware of this issue going forward, for example when it comes time to vote or make a consumption decision. If you sign a petition against Nestle you are probably more likely to avoid their products in the future (causatively, i.e. the act of signing itself makes you less likely to buy Nestle, since you've put your name out there publicly against Nestle).
- TeMPOraL 5y agoSure they do. They exfilled great amount of PII and telemetry from people. I mean, right now, just to sign stavros's petition, I had to take off my browser's hazmat gear[0] and navigate through a bunch of dark patterns... and I didn't get the confirmation e-mail yet - I suspect I'm being punished for successfully not clicking on "spam your social media" buttons. BTW. 'stavros, when did you migrate the username? I have your old handle burned in my brain, now I have to rewire some neural pathways... -- [0] - I.e. disable uBlock Origin. I don't think the phrase "disable adblocker" correctly describes the critical role of uBlock Origin as a basic means of personal hygiene on the Internet.