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tptacek on Jan 16, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why We’re Raising the Signature Threshold for We t...

Wait, the most signatures ever received on a petition is 300,000, and they're setting the threshold for a response to a petition at 1/3rd of that?

cperciva on Jan 16, 2013 [–]

Once a petition crosses the threshold, people are far less likely to continue signing it.

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