Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman and Bill Gates Invest Too

Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by bshimmin on Friday May 26, 2017 @01:22PM (#14425706)

Unfortunately, whether or not the petition is debated in Parliament, it won't actually change the law or government policy, because the government doesn't in the slightest bit care about the petitions.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by tonyedgecombe on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:19PM (#14426085)

I'm not sure that is totally true, it would be silly to ignore something that got a strong response.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by bshimmin on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:26PM (#14426138)

They've debated something like a dozen petitions in Parliament. I'm not aware of anything meaningful having happened as a result.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by DanBC on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:29PM (#14426152)

Like the million people marching against the Iraq war in london 2003?

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by usefulcat on Friday May 26, 2017 @03:35PM (#14426577)

Marching in the streets sends a much stronger message per person than does signing an online petition.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by DanBC on Friday May 26, 2017 @04:48PM (#14427046)

It had fuck all effect though.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by tonyedgecombe on Saturday May 27, 2017 @03:23AM (#14429261)

We don't really know what the impact is further down the line, the government has lost a vote over going to war since.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by Angostura on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:23PM (#14426109)

Trump's still been invited on a state visit.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by pc86 on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:36PM (#14426202)

Are people in the UK really signing a petition that amounts to "don't invite the President of the United States to the UK on an official visit"?

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by zastrowm on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:52PM (#14426303)

I wondered the same, so I looked it up: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/171928

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by BillinghamJ on Saturday May 27, 2017 @04:00AM (#14429330)

Yes, and when 3% of the entire country's population has gone out of their way to vote for that, it's worth serious consideration.

It's often said that one letter written and sent is representative of the opinion of 1,000 people. Perhaps with online petitions it's more like 5.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by tonyedgecombe on Saturday May 27, 2017 @03:24AM (#14429266)

He was invited before any petition.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by Angostura on Sunday May 28, 2017 @07:46AM (#14433999)

The petition was to convert it to a regular foreign visit, rather than a State Visit where he meets the Queen, etc.

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Re:Change.org Raises $30M Led by Reid Hoffman; Sam Altman an... by felipellrocha on Friday May 26, 2017 @06:28PM (#14427659)

Politicians are kings of being silly, then...

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