general media Why do petitions never work?

[FirePuppy 736]

I've seen petitions all over the internet to bring back old stuff we are big fans of, but usually, they just don't seem to work. Is there really need for "silly" things like these?

[Mirage 24,774]

They are disappointing. But if producers/creators/markets don't support the opinion, it's just not going to happen.

[Here No Longer 5,281]

There is a chance they can do something, but if the people who are subject to it really don't want to do what the petition says, there's nothing saying they can't just ignore it. 

 

[Concerned Bystander 2,904]

A petition is nothing more than a gauge of public opinion, the target of the petition is not bound in any way to act upon it.  If a company has discontinued a certain product they have probably done so for a good reason, or at least what they would consider to be a good reason, be that poor sales or low viewing figures for example.

[EpicEnergy 23,240]

I'm not sure why they don't work.

[Splashee 28,581]

They work. It is just a matter of how many angry fans signed them.

[ExplosionMare 18,106]

Once in 5th grade, we were learning about petitions so my class thought: “let’s make our own to fight for our own rights!”. It was pretty simple cause it was just to have better cafeteria food. We got the whole school in on it and it was great! Unfortunately, the petition didn’t go over well with the adults.

It made the lunch staff cry and the rest of the faculty upset. I remember we had a huge library meeting about it and the teachers were also telling us how some kids signed the petition because they were under the impression that the school would start serving McDonald’s in place of the regular food. It was sad that the petition lost, but at least they were proud of us for learning! 

In this case, no, petitions were not helpful. We got ignored immediately because I guess they thought that we didn’t know any better since we were just the kids.