I’m not entirely sure if paying to promote a petition actually works or if the site just boosts the signatures accordingly to make you think your payment has worked to get more cash. 80 promotions for £2, 2000 for £25 etc. I paid to promote something that meant a lot to me, the numbers shot up suddenly in a few seconds then stopped. Change.org sent me ‘bonus’ offers I couldn’t resist. Same things happened again, impossibly fast. And it doesn’t quite reach the next threshold (let’s get to 100, 200 etc. when xyz will happen) making you pay again. That’s when I realised it was a scam. You’re paying to nudge it up the page not promote or share it. This petition doesn’t even appear in the search under ANY search terms. I would say if you care about a cause sign and share, but think twice before handing over cash. If real ‘promoted to’ people were signing it’d trickle in over hours or days not milliseconds and some would share as well. I thought I was wise to online cons but this caught me out. It uses your emotional involvement to hook you. Also is it ethical that causes are successful depending on the money behind them? Sounds familiar. **Update** I requested a refund and have received it.
