4 ms·

Why do people create petitions with only 10 signatures? How much impact do you think an online petition with a goal of 10 signatures can have? (Maybe the goal i

by GaggiX 3y ago

Why do people create petitions with only 10 signatures? How much impact do you think an online petition with a goal of 10 signatures can have? (Maybe the goal is dynamically updated but it still feels weird)

EGreg 3y ago
I don’t think people know in advance the petition will not attract enough attention. Why do people make comments with only 17 views?
afavour 3y ago
Why do people make Hacker News submissions with zero upvotes?
- EGreg 3y ago
  Zing! Your reply is def better than mine :)
- GaggiX 3y ago
  Sharing a link on HN doesn't demand the same level of effort nor does it purport to have the same impact as creating a petition on the platform "change".
RobotToaster 3y ago
Change.org dynamically updates the goal I think, it's usually slightly higher than the current signature count, I guess to make people think their signature will help hit that "important" goal.
- GaggiX 3y ago
  Yeah, that's what I thought, but I still think it does the opposite job at first, making the petition owner seem to have no confidence in his petition.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago
  It does? That sounds like gaslighting users. Ironic in context of "Mandating truthful disclosure to the public and customers is very good".