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Amaryllis

(11,438 posts) Sun Nov 2, 2025, 11:12 AM Nov 2025

What do you think about signing petitions? Does it do any good? Or just get you on more email lists? Or other lists [View all]

you'd rather not be on? Like many of you, I get several requests each day to sign petitions for various groups and causes. I don't sign because I don't think they are effective and I definitely don't want to get on any more lists.

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What do you think about signing petitions? Does it do any good? Or just get you on more email lists? Or other lists [View all] Amaryllis Nov 2025 OP

The only petitions I sign are murielm99 Nov 2025 #1

If I find one without a plea for money at the end, I might respond. But I do not see that they are effective. efhmc Nov 2025 #2

I generally don't do petitions tinrobot Nov 2025 #3

Official citizen Initiative petitions allowing citizens to bypass governing bodies by placing proposed statutes and sop Nov 2025 #4

Agree. I wasn't including initiative petitions. Amaryllis Nov 2025 #5

I assume you are talking about internet petitions? Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #6

I believe petitions are basically useless LogDog75 Nov 2025 #7

Online Petitions are solely for collecting email addresses that the person or business can sell to marketers. Jacson6 Nov 2025 #8