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> did a petition actually work No. Notice that this petition met its goal a year ago, and they never issued a response until now. It's more likely they were de
by ewillbefull 14y ago
> did a petition actually work
No. Notice that this petition met its goal a year ago, and they never issued a response until now. It's more likely they were designing a plan and waited until they were done to respond to the petition.
- chad_oliver 14y agoWhat's wrong with "designing a plan and [waiting] until they were done to respond to the petition"? That sounds like a very logical thing to do. Better to get a measured response that a populist response.
- ewillbefull 14y agoThere's nothing wrong with planning, just that likely the petition had nothing to do with their internal discourse over open access reform. Obama's advisers probably already had deliberations going on. "Hey, there's a petition for this! Let's wait until we're done and respond to the petition." I sure hope that this petition wasn't the only reason why they decided to issue these orders.