Comments on: Bringing petitions into the digital era http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/14/bringing-petitions-into-the-digital-era/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cybertreehugs http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/14/bringing-petitions-into-the-digital-era/comment-page-1/#comment-284036 Cybertreehugs Thu, 28 May 2009 15:37:51 +0000 http://204.15.36.163:8080/blog/index.php/2008/01/14/bringing-petitions-into-the-digital-era/#comment-284036 [...] a large number of signatures enforce a moral authority on governments, that can’t be  ignored. Anthony Williams gives the example of how Nelson Mandela’s release from prison can, in part, be attributed to [...]

]]> By: Wikinomics » Blog Archive » Petition this. http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/14/bringing-petitions-into-the-digital-era/comment-page-1/#comment-95405 Wikinomics » Blog Archive » Petition this. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:52:49 +0000 http://204.15.36.163:8080/blog/index.php/2008/01/14/bringing-petitions-into-the-digital-era/#comment-95405 [...] most quoted example supporting e-petitioning is the UK government’s 10 Downing Street e-petitions [...] [...] most quoted example supporting e-petitioning is the UK government’s 10 Downing Street e-petitions [...]

]]> By: Danny Williamson http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/14/bringing-petitions-into-the-digital-era/comment-page-1/#comment-83858 Danny Williamson Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:46:45 +0000 http://204.15.36.163:8080/blog/index.php/2008/01/14/bringing-petitions-into-the-digital-era/#comment-83858 I think another important question is, "What happens next?" The popularity of the e-petitions system is obvious but by largely, ignoring the results, the government runs the risk of adding online petitions to the long list of political matters about which, citizens have become disinterested and disillusioned. A problem, as a colleague pointed out to the other day, is the lack of framework for translating the results of these petitions into action. There is no way of citizen knowing what, if any, the result of their efforts will be. I too, am looking forward to the final report on the consultation. I think another important question is, “What happens next?” The popularity of the e-petitions system is obvious but by largely, ignoring the results, the government runs the risk of adding online petitions to the long list of political matters about which, citizens have become disinterested and disillusioned.

A problem, as a colleague pointed out to the other day, is the lack of framework for translating the results of these petitions into action. There is no way of citizen knowing what, if any, the result of their efforts will be. I too, am looking forward to the final report on the consultation.

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