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Generally, effective petitions need to do two things: 1. Put pressure on a specific person or group of people to make a specific change. 2. Bring attention of
by d4mi3n 14y ago
Generally, effective petitions need to do two things:
1. Put pressure on a specific person or group of people to make a specific change.
2. Bring attention of an issue to a larger audience (i.e.: the press, a congressmen's constituents, etc)
Having those things goes a long way to making these online petitions useful, but without them you'd just end blowing around a lot of hot air.
- logn 14y ago1. No pressure is brought (Obama's not even up for re-election, but I wouldn't feel differently if he were) 2. Usually the only people who know about a petition are already aware of the issue (case in point, unlocking cellphones petition on HN)