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neatchee@lemmy.world 7 months agoRequiring SMS validation is a massive barrier to entry and not a viable option for a service like Change.org that relies on a certain level of participation.
Comment on For security reasons
neatchee@lemmy.world 7 months agoRequiring SMS validation is a massive barrier to entry and not a viable option for a service like Change.org that relies on a certain level of participation.
scrion@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m aware of that, but let’s be honest here: social and political changes are not introduced, let alone solved, by technology.
You said it perfectly: this is about business needs. I’d like to argue to make the barrier for entry even higher (tie it to a form of citizen identity) and mandate the petition must be reviewed / acted upon once it has become significant - frameworks like this do exist already in several countries.
Everyone has multiple email addresses today, does that not fundamentally erode the validity of change.org as a platform for direct democracy then? I do believe this is the case, so I’d love if another website would at least stop violating already existing standards and force their erroneous interpretation of how email addresses work down our throats.
neatchee@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oh yeah don’t get me wrong, I think change.org as a product is hot sticky garbage. I don’t take anything they produce seriously lol