# Can I Share My Petition? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 20, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592 "2016-11-20T21:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/1 "2016-11-20T21:06:37Z")
I think this issue may have come up before, with me. It was for the Hunger Site. It is free to click on the Hunger Site. And when I shared it, the moderator said, they had rules concerning posting petitions, but they would allow it this time. I forget the details. Anyways, I have a new petition, that I actually started. It is with the Petitions Site. I’ll skip the details, until I know it is alright to post. But the Petition Site said, the best way to get your petition out there, is to share with as many people as possible, including Face Book, Twitter–and, I think, message boards. As I said, I will await the moderators approval, before going any further. BTW, I was going to post it in MPSIMS. (I did check the rules of that section of the boards, and they don’t seem to mention petitions. But as I said, I will await the moderators ruling on the matter.) Also, not that it shouldn’t already be obvious. But this petition doesn’t benefit me economically in any way. :):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/2 "2016-11-20T21:20:46Z")
Send a PM to a moderator of the forum you want it in. We will discuss it and let you know. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/3 "2016-11-20T21:20:48Z")
Here is a relevant portion of the [registration agreement:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650726) > [@](#): > > This message board is intended as a medium for public discussion. Do not post spam, including but not limited to advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, solicitations, offers to trade or barter, charitable appeals, or other messages primarily intended to promote a cause, venture, organization, event (except Straight Dope-related events), website, or other entity or activity, whether or not money is involved. Feel free to PM or email the mod of the forum you wish to post to with additional details so they can make a call. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/4 "2016-11-20T21:21:41Z")
Dude. Simulpost. I want to edit that so mine is on top of yours so bad. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/5 "2016-11-20T21:29:24Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Dude. Simulpost. I want to edit that so mine is on top of yours so bad. All right!!! Edit wars! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/6 "2016-11-20T21:30:27Z")
Re-arrange the order of posts? Can moderators even do that? ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/7 "2016-11-20T21:58:39Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Re-arrange the order of posts? Can moderators even do that? Not that I know of\* - but there could be super secret powers that no one has told me about. The ritual hazing and initiation hasn’t completed yet 🙂 \*I know - that can’t be done. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/8 "2016-11-20T22:00:02Z")
Well, just to update you all on where everything stands now. I just sent a PM sharing the link to **Jonathan Chance** , **Ed Zotti** , and **Idle Thoughts** (the last one, moderator of MPSIMS). Yeah, does Mr. Zotti even work here anymore? (I was originally just going to send it to two people. That is when it dawned on me Zotti may be unavailable.) I, or possibly the moderators, will update you all on where things stand, in the near future. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/9 "2016-11-20T22:14:29Z")
**Bone** , it’s easy. All you have to do is edit the usernames so that **Jonathan Chance** is now named Bone, and vice-versa, and then edit both posts to swap the content. Note that this might have unintended side effects. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/10 "2016-11-20T22:21:07Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Dude. Simulpost. I want to edit that so mine is on top of yours so bad. Competitive modding. I like this idea. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/11 "2016-11-20T22:22:57Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > Well, just to update you all on where everything stands now. I just sent a PM sharing the link to **Jonathan Chance** , **Ed Zotti** , and **Idle Thoughts** (the last one, moderator of MPSIMS). > > Yeah, does Mr. Zotti even work here anymore? (I was originally just going to send it to two people. That is when it dawned on me Zotti may be unavailable.) > > I, or possibly the moderators, will update you all on where things stand, in the near future. 🙂 **Ed** does post here, but he may just leave the deciding to **Jonathan Chance** and **Idle Thoughts**. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/12 "2016-11-20T22:38:42Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Competitive modding. > > I like this idea. Wagering allowed? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/13 "2016-11-20T22:40:04Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Competitive modding. Deregulation of the justice system to promote competition. If you want to really get with the zeitgeist, contract out to private security companies? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/14 "2016-11-20T23:03:25Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > The ritual hazing and initiation hasn’t completed yet 🙂 So you can lick your jackboots but not wear them yet? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/15 "2016-11-20T23:17:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Bone** , it’s easy. All you have to do is edit the usernames so that **Jonathan Chance** is now named Bone, and vice-versa, and then edit both posts to swap the content. > > Note that this might have unintended side effects. Do **NOT** cross the streams:eek: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/16 "2016-11-21T04:41:49Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > I’ll skip the details, until I know it is alright to post. How would anyone know if it was OK or not without the details? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/17 "2016-11-21T04:51:12Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > How would anyone know if it was OK or not without the details? I don’t think that we ordinary mortals get to make the decision: it’s up to the Gods in Valhalla (AKA the Mods) to say yea or nay. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/18 "2016-11-21T07:06:00Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I don’t think that we ordinary mortals get to make the decision: it’s up to the Gods in Valhalla (AKA the Mods) to say yea or nay. Exactly. “Anyone” includes the mods. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/19 "2016-11-21T07:29:38Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Exactly. “Anyone” includes the mods. But the gods/mods find out from Jim B’s PM. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-share-my-petition/772592/20 "2016-11-21T11:23:29Z")
Indeed we did. And now I’m going to close this because we’ve responded.