It's been a little over a month since We the People launched and it's still going strong. Here's a chart of its growth:
We the People is averaging nearly 20,000 new users and 31,000 new signatures every day. Our most active day for new users and signatures was the day of our launch, but we certainly haven’t slowed down: more petitions were created on October 26 than any other day since We the People has been active. Not surprisingly, we saw a spike when we started posting responses — it was important to show people that we would follow through on our commitment to respond to petitions that meet the threshold.
Last week, we posted our first petition response to the site and since then have published six more. All of the responses are posted here, and more are coming soon.
At the risk of getting a little "meta," it's been interesting to see the response to our responses. There has been some frustration with the answers from those who disagree with Administration policy, and that's fair. But even more importantly, there has been subsequent debate about the merits of the Administration position based on the arguments laid out in the response. That's a big deal: while people may not agree with a position, it's crucial to understand its rationale. Take for example, this blog post about a recent response on patent reform. If these petitions are fostering a debate that might not otherwise take place about the issues Americans care about, that’s a positive thing.
Fonte: White House