Do Online Signature Campaigns Work?

almost all of us signature campaigns We agree, we support. However, most of us do not know where these signatures go or what they are intended for.

So, how valid are these signatures that we put with a single ‘click’? Not really anywhere on the internet. “Sign this petition” click on the some things can it change? The answer to all of our thoughts and questions is quite simple.

These signatures have no legal validity.

The number of these signatures, which is said to be realized if X reaches the number of numbers, actually does not matter much. Because these signatures do not have any legal validity. In order for the signatures collected in this way to be valid, the participants of the campaign use of electronic signature needs.

On many sites, your name, surname, city of residence and e-mail address are requested from you to sign the campaign. With this information you have provided, “I also support this campaign” you are saying.

Invalid signatures, therefore, are not forwarded to any institution or organization.

As we said before; Signatures you sign by clicking anywhere other than electronic and wet signatures have no validity. In other words, if you think that the signatures are documented and given to ministries, municipalities and governorships, you are wrong. Of course this is quite illogical would be.

On the other hand, the documents prepared to be delivered to the relevant authorities only the names and surnames of individuals It would be a little strange to write. However, we still have to say that these campaigns have benefits in many ways.

The power of social media literally We see.

Take a look at the people around you. How many of your friends and family do not use social media? Maybe 1-2 people can come to mind. However, the use of social media is increasing day by day. Moreover, the food we eat, the care products we use, the clothes we wear and many other things change according to what we see on social media. In some events, social media is not us, it is us. We are changing social media.

Everything we look at and share in a moment becomes related to ‘that’ event. This is where campaigns come into play. Although they do not make any sense as a signature, they help us say what we want to say louder. Events shared by everyone and agreed by hundreds of thousands of people create an agenda for the relevant authorities. a stimulating effect can create.

Even if hundreds or thousands of people share a single photo on social media, it is not possible to determine an exact number, but thanks to the campaigns, you can see how many other people you agree with. So in your hand concrete data is happening.

These concrete data can also be used in lawsuits from time to time.

Although the signatures do not have a legal validity, the relevant institutions or persons in the lawsuits filed on the subject “There are X people who think like me” the file of the people participating in the campaign as PDF can present to the court.

On some sites, you can not only sign the campaign, but also donate.

After signing the campaign on some sites used for this purpose “You can support by sending XX TL” option appears and you can click here. amounts starting from about 40-50 TL You can donate. Of course, you can also donate thousands of lira.

However, your donations to these campaigns are mostly not directly to the relevant institution, organization or person; It goes to the site you signed up for. It is up to the site’s responsibility to accurately convey the collected amount to the relevant places. You know that there are permits and documents that need to be obtained in order to collect aid on any subject over social media and the internet. For this reason, before donating read carefully the texts you accept. we recommend.