Online Petitions are a Sham

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by cjoh • 16 years ago

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pringle• 16 years ago

Very valid point, most petitions are in fact a sham.

But given that exercises like these are incredibly important to the viability of organizations -- organizations whose mission/cause/work you presumably agree with -- wouldn't it be pretty bad if everyone just stopped taking part in these?

The bottom line is that these petitions work and allow organizations to carry out a mission that their members do in fact support, whether or not the petition is a sham. It's definitely a problem that they have to resort to doing crap like this, but until there is a better way, I don't see what else they can do.

AndrewWarner• 16 years ago

I've interviewed political consultants on Mixergy.com who told me that they use petitions to collect email addresses and get new donors and activists.

It's a pretty open secret.

ax0n• 16 years ago

The sun rises in the east.

Online Petitions are a Sham

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