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Archae

(46,317 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 05:10 PM Jan 2016

On-line petitions are becoming worthless...

I just got an e-mail, asking me to sign an on-line petition.

The petition?

You'll love this.

The group wants everyone to stop putting out porn and sexy fanart and fanfiction of the "Zootopia" characters.

Just *HOW* would this group actually stop artists and writers from doing this in the first place?

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On-line petitions are becoming worthless... (Original Post) Archae Jan 2016 OP
I have always thought that few, if any, on line petitions SheilaT Jan 2016 #1
BTW, this is the petition. Archae Jan 2016 #4
"becoming" ? JI7 Jan 2016 #2
Exactly, Slacktivism is worthless NightWatcher Jan 2016 #6
Slacktivism - exactly. tammywammy Jan 2016 #9
they're very profitable for the companies collecting your data nashville_brook Jan 2016 #3
change.org pennylane100 Jan 2016 #5
Sexy fanfart? Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #7
Of course. Archae Jan 2016 #10
Data gathering, plain and simple. I never click on their links. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jan 2016 #8
I think they were always pretty much worthless. NaturalHigh Jan 2016 #11
What did they ever change? TexasProgresive Jan 2016 #12
I just assumed Zootopia was made for the furre community. Prism Jan 2016 #13
Classic Slacktivism. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #14
 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
1. I have always thought that few, if any, on line petitions
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 05:14 PM
Jan 2016

could accomplish much.

I haven't seen anything as dumb as the one you just named, however.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
11. I think they were always pretty much worthless.
Mon Jan 18, 2016, 05:48 PM
Jan 2016

I'm not even sure that old-time paper petitions got too much done, but they at least show some real effort. Any moron can now get online and set up a petition asking the government to ban snowy weather and picnic apes.

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