DO ONLINE PETITIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ANIMALS?
The leading tool for today’s slacktivist is: THE E-PETITION. Online petitions mean well, but don’t work. Here’s why: • There is no guarantee e-petitions reach key decision-makers. • For any e-petition — someone must collect and collate signatures to deliver to the right parties. Just because you see a petition on your screen doesn’t mean someone will actually do that. • Complex problems aren’t resolved with online petitions. Lawmakers are not inspired to pass sweeping reforms because keyboard activists are mad at them. Ongoing cruelty requires the nuance and diligence of letter campaigns to decision-makers as circumstances evolve. Commitment, creativity & persistence elicit real change. • Electronic signatures are unverifiable. With cyber signatures, one person can sign fake names. Any adept programmer can code petitions to create thousands of false names. Lawmakers, business leaders, and others positioned to sway outcomes know this. So, they may toss e-petitions in the nearest trashca
