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Now come on, the reason they raised the bar from 25,000 to 100,000 is to keep up with the site's increasing popularity. They could have set the bar to 100,000
by bjustin 14y ago
Now come on, the reason they raised the bar from 25,000 to 100,000 is to keep up with the site's increasing popularity. They could have set the bar to 100,000 at the site's launch instead of 5,000, but no petitions would have reached the threshold.
As for petitions actually having results, I imagine they are the weakest form of lobbying possible. The executive branch sees them and that is all.
- dguaraglia 14y agoYep. Unfortunately you can't counter voices with fat checks and campaign contributions. That's a shame, to be honest.
- frostmatthew 14y agoInstead of setting a hard number (that requires adjustments) they should change it to responding to the top X petitions with the most signatures each month.
- xur17 14y agoI disagree. Setting a hard number gives a threshold for people to fight for, and allows for a variable number of issues to make it to the top each month. It gives people a number to push for.